The phrase "make major advances" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it to describe the progress that someone, or something, has made in achieving a certain goal. For example: In the past decade, medical science has made major advances in treating cancer.
Will it make marginal improvements in the performance or efficiency of the customers' products or will it make major advances?
It is hoped that in Yemen, the authorities will seize the opportunity to make major advances not only for the female population, but for the entire country.
Even while confident about the election ahead, Democrats here said they were looking for Mr. Kerry to make major advances with the electorate in the days ahead.
If Obama plays it right, a defeat for his health-care reform effort could actually move him closer to reelection — giving him another four years to make major advances in health-care coverage, quality and cost.
Professor Ian Goldin, director of the Oxford Martin School, said the centre hoped to make "major advances in key areas of economic theory and policy" and would focus on some of the greatest economic challenges we face, "from avoiding future financial crises to ensuring that the positive potential of globalisation is realised and its risks mitigated".
The actual negotiations on Iran's nuclear program, led by the Europeans, demonstrate how difficult it would be reach an agreement that might have halted Iran's nuclear program — especially if Rouhani was not exaggerating when he claimed that Iran used the talks as a cover to make major advances.
Columbia Engineers make major advance in helping the hearing impaired follow a conversation in a noisy environment: new method brings cognitive hearing aids a step closer to reality.
The Romans also made major advances in timber technology.
The Sandinistas made major advances in municipal elections in November 2008.
U.S. intelligence has made major advances since that Sept. 11.
In the past decade, fertility experts have made major advances in reproductive technology.
