Sentence examples for instead of advancing from inspiring English sources
"Instead of advancing womens' rights we seem to be rolling them back".
And instead of advancing, the expertise needed to handle nuclear waste might be neglected and lost.
"If we take a job at a golf club for less, we are moving backward instead of advancing," he said.
But instead of advancing a reform agenda, the Parliament will probably face even more pressure from local farmers to maintain the status quo.
But instead of advancing to the Final Four for the 14th time, the Cardinal came up short after winning their previous 12 games.
Instead of advancing the interests of sectarian or ideological allies, powerful states in the region may cooperate across these divisions to stabilize the region to suit their purposes.
Perhaps inside-baseball, but just in case: I think what happened here is akin to what you see in physics with arXiv [an archive for preprints of scientific papers], except that arXiv explicitly calls postings "pre-prints" instead of "advance online access" or something similar.
Fixated at first on internal threats, instead of the advancing American army, Saddam later came to believe that Iraq was winning, and continued to think so until American tanks reached Baghdad.
Gay people in these films don't exist on their own terms, but instead for the purpose of advancing the journey of an Elle Woods or a Melanie Smooter (yes, that's seriously her character's name in "Sweet Home Alabama"). .
The humor is more muted here, not least because his hero is grappling with sobering matters like an ailing parent, a stale marriage and the frustrations and disappointments of advancing age, instead of the sort of career woes and sexual misalliances faced by Mr. Lodge's earlier heroes.
Instead of spending hours advancing their characters, players can shore up their inexperience by buying better swords, more potent potions or protective garments.
