pace of advance
collocation in Englishmeaningsofpaceandadvance
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pace
noun
uk/peɪs/us/peɪs/
the speed at which someone or something moves, or with which something happens ...
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advance
adjective[before noun]
uk/ədˈvɑːns/us/ədˈvæns/
happening, done, or ready before ...
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(Definition ofpaceandadvancefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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One speaks about records only when thepaceofadvanceis much greater than it has been.
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Thepaceofadvanceis inevitably a function of the amount of money available and the other uses to which it might be put.
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The result, therefore, of such a hecticpaceofadvancewould be an increase in the pressure of demand.
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Thepaceofadvancein this medium is great.
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We are today discussing science and mathematics teachers and it must be said that thepaceofadvancehas slackened.
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We cannot accept that as an adequate answer and it is disturbing that thepaceofadvancehas been slackening considerably.
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The issue is whether we are to continue thepaceofadvancein education.
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Thepaceofadvancein seismology is fast at present and will increase.
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Thepaceofadvanceis likely to be the pace of the least willing.
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I have sounded a note of caution about the practicalpaceofadvancein cereals production.
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I prefer to believe that we are entrepreneurs, even though thepaceofadvanceis so timid that we are more "preneurs" than entrepreneurs.
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If given up now, some capabilities would never be recovered, because thepaceofadvancein technology is so swift.
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Thepaceofadvancein medical technology is increasing, and aspirations increase as a result.
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He seems to me to be forcing thepaceofadvancefor highly ideological, international reasons.
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Once a cut down in programme begins to operate, a full year is necessary to restore thepaceofadvance.
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On the export front, where we have had considerable success, the strengthening of sterling has made it difficult to maintain thepaceofadvance.
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On the export front, where we have had considerable success, the strengthening of sterling has made it difficult to maintain thispaceofadvance.
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That is a remarkable statement, and it must be very gratifying to all who had felt that thepaceofadvancehas been too slow.
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