Sentence examples similar to ambition for influence from inspiring English sources

"Not going to happen," Trump said of any Iranian ambitions for influence and military control across the Middle East.

He then laid out his own ambitions for global influence.

During his 2000 campaign, Mr. Bush described Beijing as a "strategic competitor" whose ambitions for global influence must be contained.

But when a foreign policy based on such expectations runs up against leaders driven by tribal feuds, Cold War fears, age-old strategic loyalties and ambitions for greater influence, the result is trouble.

At the same time, others wonder if the mayor's national ambitions, whether for the presidency or for influence, are guiding policy decisions at home.

A recent report on the EEA, commissioned by the Norwegian government, concluded that it was suitable, if anything, "for small states with limited ambitions to influence policy".

"These ambitions for expansion and influence have caused the NMC to be distracted from its core functions.

Chinese officials also clearly worry that the United States plans to ring China with military alliances to contain Beijing's ambitions for power and influence.

Has Clinton given up on busting though that glass ceiling, or will her ambition and influence move her to run for president once again?

But Norway is a small and rather rich country with limited ambitions to influence European policy.

"My judgment was influenced by an ambition for victory, trying to figure out a way to win the race," Schmidt said from his Lake Tahoe home.