1.   A far more important advance for Dvorak came four years ago.

2.   In recent years, however, the situation has been changing significantly, and psychologists have made important advances.

3.   Secondly, there have been important conceptual advances.

4.   The paracelsian mercurials represented one of the small handful of important therapeutic advances made before the present century.

5.   To its credit, the clock boasted two important new advances.

6.   Their research has led to many important advances in modern medicine.

7.   Another important advance with this PowerBook is longer battery life.

8.   But anti-abortion forces are trying to derail important stem cell research that could lead to important medical advances in treating illnesses.

9.   But even the best of them acknowledge that the technique is an important advance that has helped avoid calamities.