He made a second attempt on 16 August but although both these actions were unsuccessful, they were boldly conceived and carried out in the face of great danger.

According to the Dictionary of National Biography, his portraits "tend to be strongly characterized and boldly conceived, even occasionally eccentric".

"Die Gezeichneten" is a boldly conceived, even outrageous drama, which might offend sensibilities considerably more open-minded than those of the Third Reich.

Capturing the mine and its town was a boldly conceived goal, admirable in concept, possibly decisive if combined with suitable political strategy.

It's a highly accomplished work, boldly conceived and brilliantly achieved.

In retrospect, Ms. King does not shrink from suggesting that the boldly conceived Summer Project with its influx of nearly 1,000 white volunteers overwhelmed her organization and in some cases displaced indigenous leaders.

However Mr. Immendorff's reconception of the "Rake" may have played onstage at Salzburg, on canvas it is boldly conceived and richly entertaining.

A single expression, boldly conceived and uttered, will sometimes put a whole company into their proper feelings: and whole nations are acted on in the same manner.

Mr. Serkin's playing was boldly conceived and deeply expressive: at times daringly restrained and languorously lyrical, at other times wildly volatile.

Much of the sculpture has the character of folk art: rough-hewn and imaginatively, boldly conceived from simple, everyday objects.