The phrase "ambition to control" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing someone's desire or drive to exert influence or authority over something or someone.
Example: "Her ambition to control the project led to conflicts with her colleagues who preferred a more collaborative approach."
Alternatives: "desire for dominance" or "drive for power".
The ambition to control them is as profoundly human as it is right.
This rivalry, involving an ambition to control the Scottish march, dominated Neville's career.
"Pakistan has no ambition to control Afghanistan to serve any of its interests," he said.
They forced Seifert to abandoned his long-held ambition to control the London market and are demanding major boardroom changes at the upcoming annual meeting as the price for him trying (again).
Executives of the Deseret News Publishing Company, however, strongly deny they have any ambition to control the content of their competitor; all they seek, they say, is a chance for The News to compete head to head with The Tribune for morning readers.
As the race progressed at a fierce pace, Britain's tactics became clear: a reluctance to get riders into the moves being made off the fractured front of the group, in favour of an ambition to control proceedings throughout.
The New York-based Murdoch family-controlled media company has long had ambitions to control Sky, Britain's satellite pay-television juggernaut that boasts exclusive rights to soccer and other sporting events.
In mid-2018, the government exposed its ambitions to control social media with introduction of a cyber law that led to widespread protests.
Saudi Arabia's deputy crown prince has said there is no space for dialogue with the Iran due to its ambitions "to control the Islamic world".
Doing business with the Iranians encourages their ambitions to control the territory from Iran's eastern border to the Mediterranean, threatening our allies in Israel and Saudi Arabia.
Last week it announced that it had bought the UK-based Twitter client Tweetdeck for a rumoured $40m£24m4m), confirming its ambitions to control more of the client space.
