Sentence examples for be a formidable threat from inspiring English sources

For Scotland, the one consolation is that they will be a formidable threat in the next Six Nations.

The Jets held the Steelers to 94 yards rushing and the bulky Pittsburgh running back Jerome Bettis, who figured to be a formidable threat to a team that struggles with tackling, to only 68 yards.

Nigeria's militant Islamist group Ansaru has proved to be a formidable threat during its short existence, using dynamite to penetrate heavily-fortified compounds and taking foreigners hostage - seven of whom it said it had killed on Saturday.

Which isn't to say that Chicago have any titles to show for it, but they've been a formidable threat since Thibs came – if nothing else, they've been relevant.

Niger have improved massively on their first performance - dodgy defending for the Tunisia goal notwithstanding - and Boubacar and Maazou are a formidable threat for them up front, even if the finishing for Maazou, in particular, has been slack so far.

He possesses similar explosive power going forward and although he does not take many free-kicks, he is a formidable threat from corners thanks to his sure timing and mighty leaps.

That's a powerful weapon, and even though it is subject to some exceptions, and it is not a guarantee of payment, suspension is a formidable threat to any ongoing brokerage business.

We had thought that increasingly big, tough and sophisticated Japanese pickups were a formidable threat to the American auto industry, but the fact that the new Frontier which we have driven and loved has matched only 56% of Ranger sales this year seems to demonstrate that Americans' wariness toward any non-American pickup is alive and well.

Stress is a formidable threat to your success--when stress gets out of control, your brain and your performance suffer.

At an age when most catchers have retired to the couch, switched positions or stopped being productive, Posada is still a formidable threat.

Bernie Sanders is still a formidable threat and could still win the first two states, and nobody knows what will happen if that kind of jolt occurs," said Paul Maslin, a veteran Democratic strategist who is neutral in the primaries.