Putin s ambition to stay in power as prime minister is also rooted in this rebalancing act.

The more economic power China has amassed, the greater its ambition to alter the territorial status quo has become.

Layla was known for her intellect and her ambition.

Greater equality reinforces the ambition for still more equality.

For where jealousy and selfish ambition are, there is confusion and every evil deed.

Her ambition is to become an ambassador.

Her ambition is to become an ambassador.

China s ambition is marked by muscle flexing.

This approach should favor China s global strategy, which is premised upon Xi s desire to build a new type of major power relationship between China and the US (the Chinese government prefers major power to great power, probably in order to highlight its stated renunciation of hegemonic ambition).

For some, this approach will seem overly modest. But this is not yet the time for great ambition.

What was unusual about Bo was his open ambition.

The question is whether it is an ambition too far.

When our ambition is bounded, it leads us to work joyfully.

You can sense its maturity and rising ambition in each episode.

Both historically compensated for their isolation with strong central governments, powerful navies, dynamic entrepreneurship, vibrant culture, and imperial ambition.

Tomorrow? We should all bear this in mind, for territorial ambition often goes hand in hand with the censor s creed.

It rewards ambition, promotes office at any cost politics, and devalues merit.

Peace was at the heart of the ambition of Europe s founding fathers.

This is a modest amount, but the initial ambition was also modest.

That ambition is to revive militarism and to achieve overseas expansion militarily.

Iran has long made clear that it wants to resume its historic position as a major regional and indeed global power, an ambition that can only grow stronger as it watches Turkey s geopolitical stature rise.

The argument to India was essentially this You need us to realize your ambition to become a major world power, and we share a concern over China s rise and Islamist terrorism, so let s work together.

No other country comes close to having either the capacity or the ambition.

Another test relates to the report's and, implicitly, the reform's level of ambition.

As for that first sphere of work, I think what Abraham Lincoln's life suggests is that fierce ambition is a good thing.

Many find the system lacking in ambition, but the important point is that a mechanism for achieving bolder reductions is in place.

Indeed, today no European political figure of global stature offers an ambition that resonates.

Le Pen s ambition was always to save France, not to become Minister of Tourism.

We must, however, reach several objectives and give clear signs of a true collective ambition.

He had a great ambition to promote Christian teachings and Bible reading among medical students.

But Japan has only pushed the aim to achieve its unilateral ambition through the talks.

In the late nineteenth century, Europe viewed Asia mainly as either a source of inspiration for its artists or a focus of imperial ambition.

The ambition was to improve significantly the lot of the planet s most disadvantaged citizens before 2015.

The French worry that NATO s global ambition, particularly in East Asia, could produce friction with China.

Tarek s ambition is to have a career in fashion. His hobbies include football, volleyball and painting.

The former insincerely preach Christ from selfish ambition, thinking that they add affliction to my chains

We resume our work today with the ambition of doing more tangible work than last year.

No matter how often Chinese leaders repudiate any hegemonic ambition, wariness about China s true intentions will remain.

India is not about to become a second China it lacks both the means and the ambition.

There can no longer be any reasonable doubt that Iran s ambition is to obtain nuclear weapons capability.

Indeed, in America the qualities that lead people to become immigrants initiative, ambition, risk taking are lionized.

In the 1970 s, the average Italian working class family s major ambition for its children was for them to study, go to university, and become a doctor or a lawyer.

Power especially destructive power implies the need for transparency.

LONDON Next week, governments will gather in Warsaw, Poland, for a crucial round of climate negotiations, with both expectation and ambition running at an all time low.

This is a bit like ambition and drive I'm going to do that. I'm going to work hard.