Sentence examples for be advancing on from inspiring English sources

They will be advancing on the city from several directions.

The army claimed to be advancing on the last Tiger-held town in the north.

"We informed them that in the early morning they would be advancing on Brega.

Kurdish fighters were also reported to be advancing on Mosul; witnesses said they had taken two mainly Christian towns, Batmaiya and Telasqaf, 18 miles from the city.

It's clearly no accident that the Liverpool lane is in a shopping centre: you wouldn't want people idling at their leisure when they could be advancing on their next purchase, would you?

Here they are, with five horses going in the Derby on Saturday, unless, of course, the race is inundated by the biblical storm said to be advancing on Churchill Downs.

The same cannot be said of Mr Major.There are alibis to be advanced on Mr Major's behalf.

Supporters of the Russian Doctrine believe that the "Global Russian Project" should be advanced on the basis of dynamic conservatism.

Whatever might be advanced on behalf of mathematics and logic, many think, should work as well for morality.

For as a proportion less capital will be advanced on labour, and only labour can create value.

Perhaps it is time for a bigger, broader vision to be advanced on the world stage.