The phrase "ahead of the development" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to indicate that something is occurring or being done in advance of a particular stage of development or progress.
Example: "We need to ensure that our marketing strategy is ahead of the development to capture the market effectively."
Alternatives: "in advance of the development" or "prior to the development".
The real question is: can we remain solidly ahead of the development of some of the other countries?
"Rather than provide the community with a temporary site ahead of the development of the Gardiners Lane site, the council is choosing another confrontational and costly eviction.
The development of steel sheetpiling has kept ahead of the development of hammers capable of driving it, probably because the stiffer the section is, the greater the length of pile that can be incorporated in a design.
The auditors found that the Treasury Department's scramble to set up the new Office of Financial Stability and hire employees to run the bailout program over the last two months got well ahead of the development of the necessary internal controls.
Kuhl went to develop the technique of SPET - truly ahead of its time and ahead of the development of the CT scanner (1973).
Thus, TLR engagement ahead of the development of a virus-specific pool can generate poor CD8 performance characteristic of rapid progression [ 10].
Panmure's Neophytou said: We can now begin to look ahead to the development of Relovair in both asthma and COPD [chronic obstructive pulmonary disease] almost in parallel.
This article then looks ahead to the development directions of the EPR system in the field of WEEE recovery and utilization: (1) The coupling relationship between the EPR fund and other policy tools, such as promoting eco-design of products by production enterprises, should be investigated.
However other parts of Cumbria have got above average participation with students moving away to study, according to recent figures from the Higher Education Funding Council, which has given the go-ahead to the development of the new university.
This motto is the origin of the Red Queen hypothesis, a theory from evolutionary science that states that in order to survive, a species must evolve at such a pace so as to remain sufficiently ahead of the evolutionary developments of a competing or predatory species.
