Sentence examples for a formidable ally in from inspiring English sources

The battle for posterity is far from over, and Hirschman has a formidable ally in Adelman, a Princeton historian who knows how to construct a narrative.

For Ban Ki-Moon, the UN secretary-general, the pope has proved a formidable ally in the faltering efforts to reach a deal to fight climate change.

They have a formidable ally in nonprofit institutions that fear new limits on their ability to transfer development rights, known as air rights, or to build what the law calls "community facilities": schools, hospitals, medical offices, nursing homes and houses of worship.

George, an American, had previously regarded Spencer as a formidable ally in his crusade to abolish private land tenure.

GrabTaxi, it seems, is building its own war chest, and bringing on a formidable ally in SoftBank, at just the right moment.

Revitalised, it could be a formidable ally".

Even Democrats describe him as a formidable ally -- when they are not at odds with him.

King Juan Carlos is described as "a formidable ally where Spanish and US interests coincide".

E.Biscom now has the help of a formidable ally.

There are few more self-assured characters in the world game than Van Gaal, his confidence and sheer force of personality a formidable ally to his undoubted coaching prowess.

He will seek to transform the state's weak business lobby into a more formidable ally, believing that corporate leaders in New York have virtually surrendered the field to big labor.