Sentence examples for formidable former from inspiring English sources

That job is held by Mikulas Dzurinda, a formidable former prime minister who now serves as foreign minister.

But Rachel, a formidable former dairy farmer, has eventually had enough, and with a snap of her fingers draws the session to a close.

Khin Than Htwe, a formidable former professor aged 58, describes how two children abandoned by their parents were sold to a tea shop by their neighbour.

Some, like Alexander Vondra, a dissident turned hawkish defense minister, still calls the formidable former secretary of state "Madlenka", her Czech pet name, with a tender possessiveness that she seems to embrace.

I will never forget him confronting the formidable former South African fast bowler Andre Nel during probably his best innings for Middlesex, the 195 he smashed against Surrey at The Oval.

Interviewing MPs including Ann Widdecombe, then better known as a formidable former prisons minister than for her paso doble, it became apparent that few politicians had considered whether prisoners should have the vote.

The republic's most recent crop of formidable formers, Bill Clinton and Al Gore, is just beginning a residential relationship with New York City.

Meanwhile, Richard Snelling, a crusty and formidable Republican former governor, realizes he wants his old job back.

Democrats have tightened their grip on New England in recent years, and Mr. Sununu has a formidable challenger, former Gov. Jeanne Shaheen.

But then, as the committee's formidable chair, former Labour minister Margaret Hodge, said, they didn't seem to want to look in the right place.

Mr. Corzine's allies plan to attack the Republican they consider more formidable, the former federal prosecutor Christopher J. Christie, in an attempt to knock him out in the June primary, according to people briefed on the matter.