Sentence examples for spectacular ambitious from inspiring English sources

Of all the cultural projects under discussion in Afghanistan, the most spectacular, ambitious and controversial is the one to rebuild the Buddhas of Bamiyan.

Christy Lemire of The Associated Press wrote in her review that Nolan concluded his trilogy in a "typically spectacular, ambitious fashion", but disliked the "overloaded" story and excessive grimness; "This is the problem when you're an exceptional, visionary filmmaker.

The most spectacular and ambitious fountains in France are those of Versailles, part of the vast garden complex designed by André Lenôtre (1661).

The successful rousing of the distant probe marks a crucial milestone in a mission that is more spectacular and ambitious than any the European Space Agency has conceived.

On the way down, trying not to brake, I would remind myself that my own recovery from a far less advanced case of testicular cancer had also been far less spectacular and ambitious.

One of the most spectacular and ambitious applications consists of establishing so-called protein linkage maps (PLM).

It is certainly the most ambitious, spectacular at times in the De Mille ballroom manner, lit and photographed with a beauty to dream of.

The resplendent stained-glass windows, soaring arches and intricate stonework are already magnificent, but imagine how spectacular this inordinately ambitious feat of architecture will be when it's finally finished in another dozen or so years.

There are few who can claim to have seen the 1923 film Love, Life and Laughter, but the critic of the Manchester Guardian appears to have enjoyed it, acknowledging its masterpiece credentials and calling it "ambitious, spectacular" and "lit and photographed with a beauty to dream of".

And at 832 pages, her ambitious, intricate, spectacular novel, The Luminaries, is the longest book ever to win.

"We now know that the London shows would have been hugely ambitious and spectacular," writes the Telegraph's David Gritten.