But material " aggrandisement ", though the only tangible, is not the only real or lasting effect of a war policy.
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You must understand that a coalition has too many checks and balances for aggrandisement of a few, which is the source of all political corruption.
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Unlike some commanders, Truscott was not noted for self-aggrandisement, Others noted he was humbled by the sacrifices those under him had made.
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Monarchs were often in pursuit of national and international aggrandisement on behalf of themselves and their dynasties, thus bonds of kinship tended to promote or restrain aggression.
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From the moment, Sweden was forced to continue on a policy of combat and aggrandisement, because a retreat would have meant the ruin of its Baltic trade.
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He began his rise to power by exploiting Serbia's sentiments about the sanctity of Kosovo and made a stepping stone of personal ambition and dreams of territorial aggrandisement.
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I'm unused to blowing my own trumpet, so I apologise in advance if I say anything insincerely humble or make you sick through blatant self-aggrandisement.
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The photographer's penchant for self-aggrandisement can wear a little thin after multiple repetitions, however, even if these images do illuminate his own search for identity.
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It was necessary more than once, to remind business interests, and other people in South Wales, that the amalgamations of 1922 were no result of Great Western aggrandisement.
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Valentijn's use of the products of other scientists'and writers'intellectual labour, passing it off as his own, reveals a penchant for self-aggrandisement.
