"make big advances" is a correct and usable phrase in written English.
You could use it in a sentence like "The company is making big advances in technology this year."
It will be replaced in the index by Next, a purveyor of mid-market clothing.See article: More trouble for RailtrackSwiss bank accountsMoody's, a credit-rating agency, downgraded UBS, after the Swiss bank had failed to make big advances in onshore private banking for the world's very rich.
But for Greece to accomplish that, Mr. Calomiris said, would require a much larger cut in spending than what is currently contemplated: up to 25 percent over three years, unless Greece can make big advances to limit tax avoidance and corruption, and shrink the black economy.
People who are HIV-positive are going to need to come out of the 'HIV' closet for us to end the stigma and make big advances... but with so much internal hate and judgement in our community, that isn't going to happen anytime soon.
It is a huge problem, but it's also a huge success story in that we're making big advances.
"Legal theories to counter the government's arguments are making big advances," said Kohken Tsuchiya, the lead lawyer in the case and a former president of the Japan Bar Association.
Many hospitals have made big advances by changing procedures, like requiring both a nurse and a physician to be present when therapy begins with powerful cancer drugs.
Notably failing to advance to the second round was Timo Soini, the candidate of The Finns (True Finns) party, which had made big advances in the 2011 parliamentary elections, capturing nearly one-fifth of the vote.
The area was recently overrun by insurgents who have made big advances in this part of Afghanistan, especially near the border with Tajikistan.The Taliban, bolstered by foreign fighters, have chosen Kunduz a city far from the traditional Taliban heartland in Pushtun-dominated areas beside the border with Pakistan as the focus for their annual spring offensive.
"All of those things mean that the last few years we're really making big advances in understanding how the system behaves," said Dr. Steve Sparks, a professor of geology at Bristol University in England, "and the key to all of this is linking the observations to the models".
[C1.] Internet Is a Boon to Independent Music Companies Exploiting online message boards, music blogs and social networks, independent music companies are making big advances at the expense of the four global music conglomerates, whose business model of blockbuster hits promoted through radio airplay now looks increasingly outdated.
We've made big advances over the last five years or so in the efficiency of the gasoline engine, but we think that there's another 10% there".
