Sentence examples for not too ambitious from inspiring English sources

That's not too ambitious an aim," he says from his London home.

I would prefer Rhone reds, like a St.-Joseph or Crozes-Hermitage, as long as they're not too ambitious, which is generally proportional to the level of oak in the wines.

One of the main goals for this platform is to form a biotechnological market in the country; the goal is highly, if not too ambitious, considering the nearly non-existent biotechnology industry in Russia.

But a ruling on these grounds is not too ambitious.

Women at work are encouraged to be ambitious but not too ambitious; forgiving but demanding; in a short skirt and a long jacket; aware of her place at every turn.

But we weren't too ambitious and I think we've both stuck to them".

Starkey said they had "a sort of honeymoon in Bologna, and we made a series of promises to each other … But we weren't too ambitious and I think we've both stuck to them".

The life of a clam is a good life, if you aren't too ambitious.

When he was fired by R l (long story, everyone's loss except perhaps Fouin's), he continued to write and, with his partner, Ludovic Dardenay, opened Glou, a clean, hip, not-too-ambitious but really good restaurant in a near-perfect location by the Picasso museum in the Marais.

But the funding body insisted that the project had not been too ambitious and was realisable – only not within the present budgetary and time constraints.

They said my grant proposal was too preliminary, not focused, too ambitious, just a descriptive survey, a large fishing expedition, did not have an adequate animal model, did not provide a clear rationale, and was viewed with a low level of enthusiasm.