Preposition: of

• mine: This has always been a life-long ambition of mine.

Possessives

• lifetime: Failure makes more interesting copy than success but try telling that to a proud man who has just achieved his lifetime's ambition.

Converse of object

• fulfill: Anne Fenner, who is nearly 80, rode on the footplate of the WD from Holt to Sheringham, fulfilling a lifelong ambition.

• thwart: It will embolden those who are trying to thwart the ambitions of reformers.

• fulfill: On May the 19th, I was fortunate enough to fulfill an ambition of many years - 19 to be exact.

• realize: To realize this ambition, however, skilled staff are the vital catalyst.

• harbor: Did you always harbor film ambitions tucked away deep within your own personal balance sheet?

• frustrate: For strategic purposes, Turkey had every reason to want to frustrate Russian ambitions and expand its own territorial gains northwards.

Adjective modifier

• selfish: Ali's selfish ambition drove him to almost any action to obtain this power.

• long-held: Writing his weekly " Whalley Beat " column for the Clitheroe Advertiser and Times had encouraged him to fulfill his long-held ambition.

• lifelong: Why RNIB " I am looking forward to achieving a lifelong ambition.

• life-long: This has always been a life-long ambition of mine.

• unfulfilled: Her big unfulfilled ambition is to get a novel in print.

• lofty: A lofty ambition, I know, but I think I'm up to it.

Noun used with modifier

• federalist: It clearly shows the federalist ambitions of the European project then and now.

• burning: Mario's burning ambition at the moment is to defect.

• lifetime: On January 24th I passed my flying test and achieved a lifetime ambition of becoming a qualified pilot!

• childhood: In my late 20's, I returned to college to study Architecture, my childhood ambition, gaining an Honors degree and post-graduate diploma.

• sporting: So far she has found the university very supportive in helping her to keep both her educational and sporting ambitions.

• career: The course offers a choice of subject pathways to suit a wide range of career ambitions.