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Bouch had laid out an economical route that followed the contours and avoided tunnels, but there were formidable gradients up to the 1370 feet high Stainmore summit.

The application of this type of models for optimization purposes is a formidable task when model equations and gradients are not accessible to the user and each model evaluation is computationally expensive.

Plotting a direct route was easy, but gradients were severe, earthworks would be formidable, and there was much less intermediate business.

This phenomenon, in conjunction with a highly permeable aquifer formation and small horizontal hydraulic gradients, makes modeling analysis and model calibration a formidable challenge.

Imperceptibly the gradient increased.

"See the gradient here?

The formidable threat.

They become formidable competitors.

But formidable obstacles remain.

The foes were formidable.

They face formidable problems.