He escaped to the West in a mail-train and almost immediately became a formidable force in the avant-garde.
They have become a formidable force in stockmarkets too: last year, more than 8% of all trading in American equities was done through ETFs.
With the acquisition of ProSiebenSat.1, Germany's biggest private TV company, Springer is set to become a formidable force in television, too.
As police repression has grown in Bastar, the women of KAMS have become a formidable force and rally in their hundreds, sometimes thousands to physically confront the police.
Baath!" Many new soldiers, and most officers, are veterans of the Hussein-era army, and American officers believe they could become a formidable force.
Under Mr. Stern, the service employees became a formidable force in presidential, Congressional and governors' races and was the nation's fastest-growing union, expanding to nearly two million members.
Inspired by recordings of earlier accordion virtuoso Amadie (or Amédé) Ardoin, as well as by the live performances of many local Cajun and Creole musicians, Chenier quickly became a formidable force in the zydeco tradition.
Under her stewardship, Guardian US has grown to account for over a third of the Guardian's global audience of 40 million unique users, and has become a formidable force within the US media landscape.
Strikingly little remittance data is broken down by gender, but to those who have studied the issue this much seems clear: Eleven years into the 21st century, women migrants have become a formidable force for development — and for the rise of women in developed countries whose careers depend on affordable child care.
In this case, Syriza, with the freedom it will have as an opposition party and boosted by the swelling current of support that swept it to second place on Sunday, will be in a position to become a formidable force of resistance.
