Sentence examples for a formidable but from inspiring English sources

A formidable but worthwhile challenge will next be to understand the differential diagenetic and catagenic losses and/or transformations that impact hopanoids and other hydrocarbons.

Again, a formidable but coöperative beast (in this case, a chimpanzee) brings comfort.

Their contraption, pulled behind a tractor, must identify weeds and kill them within 200 milliseconds, a formidable but attainable challenge, Mr. Redden says.

At one point, in the shadow of a formidable but antiquated airport terminal, a gang dressed like 1950s greasers started swinging baseball bats at rusty cars.

He had a formidable but warm personality, a commanding grasp of the complexities of rural land-use politics and an ability to inspire.

Gore and Roper Barrett, a formidable but venerable pairing - both were in their fifties - won 6-1 6-1 6-1.

Brian Clough had built a formidable side, but City were ready.

He has a formidable technique, but a steely tone and assertive interpretive approach.

Sarkozy is a formidable campaigner, but he has a difficult uphill battle to fight.

Wilkinson admitted Saracens present a formidable challenge but he is relishing his return to HQ.

The landscape is still a formidable obstacle, but good progress has been made.