The phrase "ambitions amount" is not commonly used in written English and may sound awkward.
It could be used when discussing the total or extent of someone's ambitions, but it may require additional context for clarity.
Example: "Her ambitions amount to a desire for both personal and professional growth."
Alternatives: "level of ambition" or "extent of aspirations".
One song is actually titled "Happy to Keep His Dinner Warm," and the women are portrayed as frigid secretaries, bawdy mistresses or aspiring wives whose ambitions amount to a house in New Rochelle.
Perhaps the fact that their ambitions amount to ensuring that, having just lost a winning streak against England, the 12-match run against Italy, who have never beaten the Springboks, extends to 13 demonstrates just how short of confidence Allister Coetzee's side is.
I am convinced that the Polish ambitions concerning the amount which we indicated over a year ago and which will enable us to maintain the growth and pace of development in Poland, that this plan is feasible – albeit difficult.
But what has made him an artist, and a popular artist, is the completeness of his performances: the level of concentration, the fullness of ambition, the sheer amount of detail, with the cast of the shoulder, the angle of the jaw, even the splay of the fingers, all deployed in the service of a single, pressing act of imagination.
We had such high ambitions that didn't amount to very much".
Our results provide empirical evidence that the majority of investors is satisfied regarding their non-financial or ethical ambitions if a certain amount of their budget is invested sustainably.
Nevertheless, the agency does not seem to have curbed its ambitions for an endless amount of data.
When Leviev started out, all he had was an amazing amount of ambition and the ability to understand the stone.
Such a prodigious investment of time and talent indicates an equally prodigious amount of ambition, but surely there must be periods of self-doubt.
Any community seeking to thrive under these conditions would need to be equipped with tremendous ambition – and no small amount of political and mechanical ingenuity.
