Since that time, each major advance in understanding has followed more or less directly from the development of a new technique of investigation.

Another advance to the river south of the city followed.

The slight advance in March followed no change in February.

The rapid advance of the army and marines toward Baghdad has followed a pattern.

A general advance followed and the Russians were forced into a steady retreat.

During the 1800s, skiing evolved into a sport and great advances in technique and equipment design followed.

The greatest scientific advances usually follow a distinctive path.

Another advance to Horns Reef followed on 21-22 April.

More often than not, great advances have followed serious crises.

This slim advance followed a 7.1 percent increase in 1986 and was the poorest performance for the construction industry since 1982.