Together with Labour and the Lib Dems, there is a formidable alliance against racism in Scotland.
Together they form a formidable alliance, united only in their impotent despair about the cost of things.
The oil-for-security compact, however, was underpinned by a more formidable alliance that worked effectively against common foes ranging from Soviet Communism to Saddam Hussein's revisionism.
But this one further small step would make a big difference, and a formidable alliance of peers, across parties, will commend it to Lords on Wednesday.
The protesters are a minority that cannot win through elections, but they comprise a formidable alliance of opposition leaders, royalists, and businessmen who have set their sights on ousting the government.
Studies show that people know what the real sources of lasting human fulfilment are - good relationships, self-acceptance, community feeling - but they face a formidable alliance of political and economic interests that have a vested interest in distracting them from that insight to ensure they work longer hours and spend more money.
The deal would mark the most high-profile challenge by far to Alibaba's dominance in the country's fast-growing e-commerce market, as China's three richest men - Wang Jianlin, Pony Ma, and Robin Li -- could make a formidable alliance with a combined fortune of $48 billion.
Together, the moral and ethical influence of the worlds religions, the resources of the worlds governments, the influence of UN agencies in creating international standards of human rights, and the people power of civil society can form a formidable alliance for implementing the Convention on the Rights of the Child and helping to build a world that is truly fit for every child.
But this could be the makings of a formidable political alliance to defeat Toryism and form a government to both eradicate social injustice and help save the planet.
This formidable opposition alliance throws into doubt whether the resolution will be adopted, and threatens to wreck the US-British timetable for invasion.
Institutional investors, meanwhile, particularly those overseeing public funds, began to look on the plaintiffs' bar much more favorably than Congress, creating a formidable new alliance.
