Sentence examples for ambitious period from inspiring English sources

Relatedly, perhaps the globalization of democratic discourse is ushering in a more ambitious period for democratization.

Ice Palace (1960), from the Edna Ferber novel, was an ambitious period adventure set in Alaska, with Richard Burton and Robert Ryan.

Ronald Logan, Mount Airy's manager between 1968 and 1979, helped oversee an ambitious period of expansion, when Mr. Wagner constructed two chairlifts, the golf course and the lake.

In "Hero," an ambitious period epic about the birth of the first Chinese empire, warriors fly through the air like birds of prey, their swords cutting through enemies and lovers alike.

The film, from the first-time director Tanya Hamilton, is an ambitious period piece set in 1978 Philadelphia; a young man returns to the race-torn neighborhood where he had come of age during the Black Power movement.

As with many HBO shows, the extras are absorbing, including looks at new sets, characters, the year of 1921 and other aspects of an ambitious period piece like this.

The ambitious follow-up period of 6 months is also conceptually one of the strengths, as compared with 3 months in most studies [ 11].

A couple of early scenes show him making mincemeat in the courtroom, smacking down peers, practically cackling – an alpha male easily as ruthless and ambitious as mid-period Paul Robinson.

His supporters are euphoric, talking of a new period of ambitious public works and vigorous regional diplomacy.

In a fairer universe, it would be heralded as not merely the best sitcom on television but one of the most arresting and ambitious current TV series, period.

One of the most ambitious works of the period is the great east window of York Minster, made between 1405 and 1408 by John Thornton of Coventry.