Atatürk then embarked upon a program of political, economic, and cultural reforms, seeking to transform the former Ottoman Empire into a modern and secular nation state.

Most obviously, the European Central Bank announced an ambitious program of asset purchases quantitative easing in late January.

The money from taxes, which were not now wasted in corruption, permitted an ambitious building program.

You're ambitious.

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Tom used to be ambitious.

I'm very ambitious.

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4 The Lisbon Strategy , as mentioned in Chapter 2 , is a fundamental and ambitious programme to draw Europe 's attention to the urgency of structural reforms .

The 13 leading companies were Energy The Brazilian government has undertaken an ambitious program to reduce dependence on imported petroleum.

This ambitious programme of legislative action holds the key to an important and enduring increase in Europe 's employment and wealth creating potential .

That's as ambitious as we are.

Somebody ambitious is criminal at the same time .

I didn't know you were so ambitious.

You're not ambitious enough, Tom.

Other research Following the publication of Mysterium and with the blessing of the Graz school inspectors, Kepler began an ambitious program to extend and elaborate his work.

Alfred sought to remedy this through an ambitious court centred programme of translating into English the books he deemed most necessary for all men to know.

The present proposal forms part of an ambitious Commission programme to extend appropriate regulation and oversight to all actors and activities that embed significant risks1 .

The team from Taiwan was a little bit more ambitious.

His last ambitious work, The Circus , was left unfinished at the time of his death.

In his first annual message to Congress, Adams presented an ambitious program for modernization that included roads, canals, a national university, an astronomical observatory, and other initiatives.

Such an ambitious objective can only be attained by stages .

But he was very ambitious, and sought to extend his domain.

He embarked on the ambitious Equal Opportunity Plan, in which education, rural road maintenance, and health care fell under the sole jurisdiction of a provincial government that insisted on equal coverage throughout the province.

I mean, think about that. How grand. How ambitious.

We encourage you to be creative and ambitious, yet realistic in your proposals.

Constantine was far more interested in conquering the whole empire.

In 1957, this small port town was chosen to be the capital of the new country, and an ambitious building program was begun to increase its population to 15,000, starting a year later.

The director meanwhile had become involved in a much more ambitious Hollywood project.

Emperor Pedro II wished to advance an ambitious plan, which became known as the Conciliation .

The DPJ first came to power in September 2009, with an ambitious program promising comprehensive administrative reform, no tax increases, and a freer hand in Japan s alliance with the United States.

And I said, Well, you know, that might be a bit ambitious for our budget.

To this he added the inscription L.H.O.O.Q.

Their most ambitious effort to date is the establishment of a development bank.

At its inception, the Ogg project was thought to be somewhat ambitious given the power of the PC hardware of the time.

Given its importance as the primary international gateway for Sri Lanka and as the main economic driver of the country, the government of Sri Lanka (GoSL) has launched an ambitious program to transform Colombo and its area into a metropolis of international standards.

It's a true actual goal. It's a very ambitious goal, but we truly believe that we can do it.

It is much more ambitious , as it encompasses the whole payment industry of the euro area .