The phrase "advocated this approach" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it when discussing support or endorsement of a particular method or strategy in a formal or academic context.
Example: "The researcher advocated this approach as a viable solution to the problem."
Alternatives: "supported this method" or "promoted this strategy."
Willcox advocated this approach – indeed, the Okinawan dinner time mantra, "hara hachi bu", means "eat until you are 8/10ths full" – but Mather is more sceptical.
Paul Griffiths's warm reception of Andrew Parrott's book on one-per-part Bach performance [ Cutting the Bach Choir Down to Size," June 25] should be gratifying to those who have long advocated this approach.
I'm not sure who advocated this approach but I did mention this to Reid [ Hoffman another Airbnb investor via Greylock Partners] last night and he was of a similar mind to myself and surprised this was the approach being taken.
Some past studies have also advocated this approach to classification, and Sharifi and colleagues [ 14] have proposed clear diagnostic criteria.
This is because various publications since then have advocated this approach, and expulsive treatment has been included in guidelines for the treatment of ureter stones since 2007 [ 20].
Although measurement of tumour perfusion from the first pass of FDG has been advocated, this approach does not have the spatial resolution of CT and commercial availability of analysis software (approved by the US Food and Drug Administration), which are the advantages of DCE-CT.
Those who advocate this approach are reluctant to raise divisive issues in order to not undermine the process.
Advocating this approach despite the danger that flaws could be "interpreted and misrepresented as machinations" could be taken as an implicit criticism of the climate scientists at the University of East Anglia.
We shall describe the history of modal interpretations, how the phrase has come to be used in this way, and the general program of (at least some of) those who advocate this approach.
Philosophers advocating this approach agree that the logic of discovery should be characterized as a set of heuristic principles rather than as a process of applying inductive or deductive logic to a set of propositions.
Rather, I am advocating this approach only as an alternative to killing or doing nothing at all.
