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Meanings of advances towards in English

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Usage of advances towards in English
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In proportion as the lake retires, cultivation advances towards the new shore.
Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of Amer...
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He now made advances towards an accommodation with the queen of Hungary.
The History of England in Three Volumes, Vol.II. / Continued fro...
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He turns and recognizes his friend, the judge, and advances towards him.
An Outcast; Or, Virtue and Faith
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She will make the first advances towards peace; she will ultimately admit defeat.
What is Coming? A Forecast of Things after the War
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All advances towards reason and good sense are slow and gradual.
The History of England, Volume I / From the Invasion of Julius C...
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It goes, comes, advances towards the sepulchre, and returns towards life.
Les Misérables
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To aid your advances towards perfection, particularly to claim your attention.
Memoirs of Aaron Burr, Volume 1.
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Such advances towards heroism in her sister, made Elinor feel equal to anything herself.
Sense and Sensibility and Sea Monsters
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He advances towards the herd, followed by two mounted Gauchos dressed in full costume.
The Western World / Picturesque Sketches of Nature and Natural H...
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As the evening advances towards eternity he upsets the cream-jug.
Manners and Social Usages
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As government advances towards perfection, provincial judicature is perhaps in every empire gradually abolished.
A Journey to the Western Islands of Scotland
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Such is the argument by which reason justifies its advances towards a primal being.
The Critique of Pure Reason
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The first advances towards an accommodation were made by England.
The History of England in Three Volumes, Vol. I., Part F. / From...
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The next stage in Manston's advances towards her hand was a clearly defined courtship.
Desperate Remedies
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According to his own confession, one of them actually made sexual advances towards him.
The Complete Jack the Ripper
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She also accused the famous teenager of making inappropriate sexual advances towards straight men.
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