Converse of object

• make: Why Hope made little headway in the jazz scene of the 1940s is a point to be debated.

• have: The bridge has a headway of 4.34m ( 14'3 " ) under the center arch.

• signal: The CUI take account of signaling headways on the route, and the mixture of trains.

• maintain: The coxswain or master must watch the seas carefully and maintain all possible headway during the run to the beach.

• give: This became every 2 hrs for each route on Sundays to give a joint hourly headway.

Preposition: against

• wind: However, we could make no headway against the wind and the waves... We would have to run the narrows.

Adjective modifier

• little: Why Hope made little headway in the jazz scene of the 1940s is a point to be debated.

• rapid: Left Hegelian views were making rapid headway in Germany at the time.

• considerable: By using light airs a well trimmed sailing ship can make considerable headway on what appears to be a flat calm sea.

• significant: We just couldn't make any significant headway despite having the benefit of a stiff breeze behind our backs.

• slow: Wider aspects of parental leave are slower making headway, despite legal back-up.

• much: They failed to make much headway in the early stages, with Boro making the brighter start.

Preposition: on

• issue: We are very disappointed that the Government has not been able to make any headway on the issue of VAT.

Noun used with modifier

• minute: A 10 minute headway is proposed between Slough Bus Stn & Windsor - outside the former garage in St. Leonard ' s Road.

Preposition: in

• area: Discussion followed on how outsiders and opinion formers viewed the industry, and its headway in these vital areas.

• field: In the early 1990s he faced huge skepticism that he would make headway in this field.

• direction: Kojiro has been making slow headway in a northwesterly direction.

• world: Ideally, at this stage of my career, I'd like to be making more headway in the pop world.

• poll: Meanwhile the Liberal Democrats ' What you see is what you get ' were also not making any headway in the polls.

• election: And now the aim for Ms Berry's party is to make headway in forthcoming local elections.