Sentence examples for splendid ambition from inspiring English sources
Splendid ambition (protect books from vanishing) but poor consideration for how the people who owned the copyrights would act.
On paper, the ambition sounds splendid; and long-term thinking in boardrooms is generally to be applauded.
Perhaps, some thought, he could be persuaded to stop imprisoning and torturing his opponents and make Greece the splendid place of his ambitions.
Graham Kitchener's showboating cock-up which cost Worcester a certain try and the late Bedford drop-goal attempt which momentarily appeared to have bounced back into play and wrecked the hosts' promotion ambitions will make splendid "What happened next" clips for years to come.
Although "Habana Melody" is not as spindley as Mr. Hijuelos's last novel, the perfunctory "Empress of the Splendid Season," it is decidedly smaller in scope and ambition than "Mambo Kings".
Atlantic Books; £12.99A short, simple book arguing that we are now back in a world of clashing national ambitions and interests; not so different from the 19th century.A Splendid Exchange: How Trade Shaped the World.By William J. Bernstein.Atlantic Monthly Press; 467 pages; $30.
It's a perch with a splendid view of Central Park - but it doesn't quite seem big enough for Holbrooke's restless energy or legendary ambition.
