Our ambition surpassed our supply of WWII guys, requiring us to mix in Civil War figures, Cowboys and Indians and maybe even a Viking or two.
He has a strong grasp of policy and is very collegiate and inclusive". The appointment inevitably prompted speculation that the London mayor could find his prime ministerial ambitions surpassed by his equally bright, but less ostentatious, younger brother.
A few years later Hericart de Thury, Napoleon's chief engineer, opened the area to the public with the immodest ambition of "surpassing" the Roman catacombs.
Perhaps his most evident trait was his massive ambition; "In his ambition he surpassed all men"; "he hankered after public office rather as a man in delirium might crave a cure".
ISTANBUL — President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has always had ambitions of surpassing Mustafa Kemal Ataturk, the founder of modern Turkey, as the country's most consequential figure.
I not only fulfilled his ambition, but surpassed it by becoming an Olympic champion!" Morgan also cited her meetings with Frederick Lane Australia's first Olympic gold medallist in swimming and the Olympic athletics champion Marjorie Jackson-Nelson as key inspirational moments in her career.
Judging by the vast scholarship in "Freethinkers," her ambitions clearly surpass any mere partisan agenda; her narrative ranges from the colonial period to the present.
Rooney, whose contract expires at the end of next season, was reluctant to talk about his future but did admit he had ambitions to surpass Sir Bobby Charlton's goalscoring record for club and country.
At a major tournament, it's the Golden Bear, because Woods's ambition is to surpass Jack Nicklaus's record career total of 18 major tournament victories.
If the artist's self-avowed ambition was to surpass Claude Lorraine, he showed equal aptitude for dealing real estate, playing off patrons, and neglecting his family—his mentally disturbed mother died forgotten in an asylum.
Claudio Ranieri maintains Leicester City are underdogs this season, yet the Italian has increased the expectations for his players by saying his ambition is to surpass their title-winning points total.
