In short, we get a production that is clear, direct and robust and that, in the formidable shape of Cherry Jones, offers us the Amanda of our dreams.
Fifteen minutes later the same English justice system – in the formidable shape of Mrs Justice Gloster – gave Berezovsky an almighty and devastating kick up the backside.
What they will have are the No1 and No2 ODI batsmen in the world in AB de Villiers and Hashim Amla, and the highest-ranked bowler at the tournament in the formidable shape of Dale Steyn.
In Britain, during the middle third of the 20th century, art history had its own tre coronati in the formidable shapes of Nikolaus Pevsner, Ernst Gombrich and Kenneth Clark.
The scale of his achievement in returning to his current position, as again the top-ranked golfer in the world and in formidable physical shape, cannot be ignored.
Birgit Nilsson, a legendary soprano, remained in formidable vocal shape well into her 60s, and she continued to portray youthful heroines such as Wagner's Isolde and Verdi's Turandot when she was well into middle age.
And if I wasn't currently using Black History Month as a kind of prompt, I wouldn't be digging up clips from Def Comedy Jam, ComicView and One Night Stand on YouTube, finding formidable voices shaped in part by the Black experience in America - something my ego has to concede I'm not equipped to grasp.
They also came across a formidable obstacle in the shape of Howard, who was returning from a calf injury that had kept him out since Boxing Day.
Schalke were targeting the wayward positioning of Santos but were running into a formidable barrier in the shape of Germany defender Per Mertesacker, whose performance was exemplified by a brave block from a Jefferson Farfan shot.
