Sentence examples for over an ambition from inspiring English sources

In other words, Twitter should make clear that there are limits to the scope of its business ambitions, and that it is guided by a philosophical bias for the health of the service over an ambition to grow at any cost.

Or are they the ones primarily responsible for ensuring that their children are properly looked after Ann GallagherBethesda, MarylandSIR – Only a man could fail to mention the real advantages that men have over women: an ambition for success, even at the cost of their own health; and a parasitic ability to utilise the domestic and child-care labour of their women without feeling guilt.

Barnes and advertising guru Lord Saatchi, whose wife also died of cancer, may not be kindred spirits philosophically, but for both of them, when it came to mourning, "getting over it" was not an ambition.

After enduring a seven-year decline that has resulted in well over £1bn in ad revenue bleeding out of regional newspapers, Daily Mail & General Trust last week hoisted the white flag over any ambition to be a long-term player in the embattled sector.

Far more serious in France, Sarkozy has been criticised for his vulgarity regarding money, for his hobnobbing with the rich and famous, and for an over-weaning ambition for power which Sarkozy himself has admitted has as much to do with the need to be seen "acting decisively" as it does with any grand political ideas.

Unfortunately, such levity makes only rare appearances in a book that is sadly disfigured by the over-weaning ambition, of an otherwise talented author, to write the definitive account of the laws of nature for the layman.

Mr Zenawi remains wedded to what he calls "revolutionary democracy", which emphasises collective will over individual ambition.

Maybe she was always like this — dullness tends to be suppressed in child stars, glossed over with ambition and glitter.

"The tournament is far from over, our ambition is always there to produce our best in this high-level competition".

One should know where greed takes over from ambition".

But here you are in only your third season in management, your first full season at Burnley since taking over a club with extremely limited ambitions after being sacked at Watford, and you are 10 points ahead of the play-off places going into April.