The world was entering an age of iron, an age of war and imperialistic ambition; some strong man might well rise above the ruins of nations as a supreme conqueror.

Though a self-styled parliamentary republic, New Crobuzon's government more closely resembles an oligarchy with strong imperialistic ambitions.

He pursued his imperialistic ambitions with an aggressive attitude.

Iraq's United Nations representative, Abdul Amir al-Anbari, called the resolution "an act of aggression" against Iraq that reflected "America's imperialistic ambitions, which have become glaringly evident, especially in our Arab region."

"The corrupt, imperialistic ambitions and incompetence of the Legislaturalist oppressors combined to betray the Republic on both the domestic and the military fronts," she said.

Anything must be better than to live under French colonial rule," and added "When we've won the war, I will work with all my might and main to see to it that the United States is not wheedled into the position of accepting any plan that will further France's imperialistic ambitions.

I'll be candid with you: There seems to be some possibility that he has imperialistic ambitions.

In the great age of nationalism there was strong pressure for a nation to acquire an empire as a status symbol; the idea of "greatness" became inextricably linked with the sense of "duty" that many European nations used to justify their imperialistic ambitions.

Bradley asserts, however, that Japan, which was not seriously pursuing imperialistic ambitions at the time, was inspired and encouraged by the 1905 visit of the U.S. delegation to undertake such ventures.

In addition to the imperialistic ambitions and interests in this region, there was a growth in nationalism with the indigenous peoples of this region leading to the formation of the independent states of Greece, Serbia, Montenegro, Bulgaria and Romania.