Sentence examples for if audacious from inspiring English sources

Under other circumstances, these robberies would have been viewed as simple, if audacious, crimes.

Tory MEPs were among the most ardent pro-Europeans in the party, and it seemed like a logical, if audacious, place to take the fight.

That has proven to be an auspicious (if audacious) move.

The plan's principal goal was simple if audacious.

That is allowing it to participate in audacious if fanciful ideas such as the Desertec initiative, an attempt to raise funds to build solar power plants in Africa from which electricity could be transmitted under the Mediterranean to Europe.In rail, where Siemens had fallen badly behind, it is now rattling along.

"Our goal was an ambitious, if not audacious, one, and we achieved it.

The Algerian artist is nothing if not audacious, creating in-your-face talking points at key art world international events.

Some in the City wonder if its audacious business model only works when the markets play ball.

Nothing if not audacious, Mr Sarkozy now seems to be trying to campaign as an underdog who can make a comeback against the odds.

The most secret corner of Guantánamo Bay could be opened up to the UN torture watchdog for the first time, if an audacious legal gambit succeeds.

It would be a shame if this audacious revisionism were to overshadow the contributions of three outstanding singers, all of whom make their Opera North debuts.