Sentence examples for low ambitions from inspiring English sources

The sum of 20,000 refugees to be resettled looks impressive only if set against Europe's low ambitions.

"The Abe administration is very close to big industry and the power monopolies and they have very low ambitions in terms of climate change policy," Iida said.

So there were some good revivals ("Private Lives," "Morning's at Seven"), some so-so revivals ("The Crucible," "Oklahoma!"), one failed musical of high ambitions ("Sweet Smell of Success") and the standard crowd-pleasing musical of low ambitions ("Thoroughly Modern Millie").

"We are disappointed, however, that the developed countries are in the process of locking in low ambitions under this second commitment period," Meera Mehrishi, India's chief negotiator, said Thursday.

Muppets are poor performing firms with low ambitions and low innovation novelty, while gazelles represent the very small group of entrepreneurial high growth firms making a huge impact on local economies as outstanding job creators (Henrekson and Johannson, 2010).

World-beaters do not grow in a petri dish of low ambitions; with the wrong messages and incentives, you risk accidentally pushing your best people and companies towards excellence elsewhere, leaving stagnant mediocrity behind.

"Far too often, we witness low rent, low ambition drama being hailed for its viewing figures.

Their presence has coincided, you gather, with a rise in low ambition.

The European Union said the removal from the text of any reference to emissions from shipping and aviation betrayed "unacceptable levels of low ambition".

Pablo Solon: The UN ambassador became the face of Bolivia, the only country to stand against the low ambition shown by other countries in the Cancún climate summit.

The first of the two answers to the question from McDonald's, Chamorro-Premuzic said, captured "individual differences in neuroticism and conscientiousness"; the second, "low ambition and drive".