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In other cases, the security shield may be less formidable than officially portrayed.

The numbers may be less formidable than what other finales of beloved series have scored in the past, but numbers for everything are less formidable than they were in the past.

By Rebecca Mead April 14, 2015 Back in the early nineties, it felt like a tremendous advance in sexual politics that the nation had acquired a First Lady who didn't have to pretend to be less formidable than she was.

Back in the early nineties, it felt like a tremendous advance in sexual politics that the nation had, at last, acquired a First Lady who — campaign-trail cookie-recipe posturing aside — didn't have to pretend to be less formidable than she was.

Well, although producers are silent on the matter, the reasoning would seem to be that the prospective Tony competition in the new-play category would be less formidable than that in the revival category, where the acclaimed British import "The Real Thing" is considered an early favorite.

Many of this year's mazes were less formidable because of the drought -- remember the drought?

But the edifice is less formidable than it seems, in part because of the nation's costly and unique military role.

And if last year's near-miss Scottish independence vote was almost an exception, Euroscepticism is less potent than nationalism and UKIP and the Tory headbangers are less formidable than the Scottish National Party.

Telecoms are the domain of the central government, not of the states; they are essential to the government's beloved information-technology industry; vested interests are less formidable; and telecoms customers can afford to pay.

But Robson, a left-hander who received treatment during the match for pain in her left shoulder, struggled with unforced errors, and her serve was less formidable than usual.

Gaiseric's successors were less formidable: Huneric (477 484) launched a general persecution of the Latin church, apparently from genuine religious fanaticism rather than for political reasons, but his successor adopted a milder policy.