Sentence examples for formidable individual from inspiring English sources

He has stepped down as chief executive and is now merely chairman, but this formidable individual still seems very hands-on.

"Anthony is a formidable individual.

As played by the chameleon-like Isaac ("Inside Llewyn Davis," "A Most Violent Year"), Nathan is a formidable individual, intimidating mentally, physically and psychologically.

Coach Vince Lombardi, the Green Bay Packers icon, defined the central trait of great coaching and formidable teams: "Individual commitment to a group effort--that is what makes a team work, a company work, a society work, a civilization work".

Prince's life of travel, and his war-time experiences, bring to mind Basil Bunting; and while the two poets do not stylistically resemble one another, both have a formidable and highly individual understanding of British history, and both have learned much from Ezra Pound.

Nevertheless, the generation of genome-wide binding maps for multiple transcription factors across different cell types remains a formidable challenge for individual labs [45].

They stand as if by sleight of hand, artificial but organic; uniform but imprinted with individual handiwork; formidable but fragile.

"Defining the rarest animal on the planet would imply surveying the entire potential distribution range of every single species, and being able to count every single individual – a formidable challenge," says Markus Gusset, chief conservation officer at the World Association of Zoos and Aquariums.

The formidable side effects of individual or combined anticancer agents as well as the treatment history and clinical status of the patient must be considered to circumvent the tumor resistance to chemotherapy in clinic.

Croatia are formidable at home, possess enviable individual talent and will start as favourites, but Iceland remain compact, organised and efficient at both ends of the pitch.

In an interview with the Guardian, Brazil's playmaker reveals his admiration for the way in which Fabio Capello has turned a group of talented individuals into a formidable team.