Sentence examples for formidable nations from inspiring English sources

Celtic and Rangers secured results in the final qualifying round of the Champions League in midweek which carry the strong possibility of progress to the group phase, while the national team, mixing it with the most formidable nations on the Continent in the quest for a place at Euro 2008, remain in serious contention in their section.

Despite the proximity of more formidable nations, they managed for millennia to maintain their own culture and language.

(That made him, he decided, one of the rare men who had been taken prisoner by two formidable nations, the United States and China).

Head coach Lancaster said: "Argentina is a formidable rugby nation and we're looking forward to facing the Pumas in back-to-back Tests, which a young and developing side will need to be at its very best to win.

To be sure, because the application of international human rights law depends for the most part on the voluntary consent of nations, formidable obstacles attend the endeavours of human rights policy makers, activists, and scholars.

The government hoped that by creating a formidable impression of national strength and will in the minds of the nation's adversaries it could deter them from launching a nuclear attack.

"We saw in the Rugby Championship and the QBE Internationals what a formidable team and rugby nation New Zealand is.

Even in a nation where formidable mezzos spring up like wild mushrooms, Mr. Gergiev recognized Ms. Borodina's exceptional gifts.

"His retirement from parliament is the end of an era but I have no doubt he will go from strength to strength in a new stage of his career and continue to make a formidable contribution to our nation".

It is certainly a formidable one, leading a nation of thousands of islands, hundreds of languages and scores of ethnicities from authoritarianism to democracy while weathering an economic crisis.

NO. 1 LOUISIANA STATE Southeastern Conference championship, Atlanta 4 p.m. Eastern, CBS L.S.U., which appears to be headed to the Bowl Championship Series title game win or lose, has one of the most formidable defenses in the nation and will be a big favorite.