Sentence examples for obvious ambitions from inspiring English sources

Mr. Krieger, who also wrote the screenplay, has obvious ambitions and his film has a nice feel for life's quieter moments.

It is a worry that others have expressed privately as Khodorkovsky has tried to recruit them for Open Russia: when you've spent all this time fighting for independence from the Kremlin, why become the pawn of a man with such obvious ambitions?

If, blindfold removed, we now feel obliged to re-read it as his spiritual testament, or to judge its obvious ambitions for the grand statement in terms of historical irony, or to view it as a large and quirky footnote to a great conductor's career, we should proceed cautiously.

It is now clear that the deference shown to Putin, in the face of his obvious ambitions, has been counterproductive.

(AMC's Halt and Catch Fire was once mocked for its obvious ambitions as high drama, but following some creative rejiggering, the show has won acclaim in its second season).

Americans like a lack of obvious ambition in their politicians.

It was easy to see why – they are an impressive live band with an easy-going charm and obvious ambition.

But others were disturbed by his ruthless tactics in the anti-gang drive and by his obvious ambition.

Still others describe a relaxed but intensely focused man with obvious ambition who, both because of his youth and exuberant sense of humor, is consistently underestimated.

Many believe that Bo's obvious ambition and populist tactics – seeking to boost his prospects in this year's party reshuffle by appealing to the public – rattled other leaders.

The key to good agenting, says Wylie, is self-effacement, and there is something strangely passive about him, for a man of such obvious ambition.