Sentence examples for is less formidable from inspiring English sources

But the edifice is less formidable than it seems, in part because of the nation's costly and unique military role.

Even if Democrats lose ground in a lot of states where his network is less formidable than it was two years ago, however, Mr. Obama still stands to reap a significant benefit: he will need a strong volunteer network when he pursues a second term in 2012.

It is possible that North Korean artillery is less formidable than most think.

Many of this year's mazes were less formidable because of the drought -- remember the drought?

The numbers may be less formidable than what other finales of beloved series have scored in the past, but numbers for everything are less formidable than they were in the past.

And if last year's near-miss Scottish independence vote was almost an exception, Euroscepticism is less potent than nationalism and UKIP and the Tory headbangers are less formidable than the Scottish National Party.

Telecoms are the domain of the central government, not of the states; they are essential to the government's beloved information-technology industry; vested interests are less formidable; and telecoms customers can afford to pay.

But Robson, a left-hander who received treatment during the match for pain in her left shoulder, struggled with unforced errors, and her serve was less formidable than usual.

By Rebecca Mead April 14, 2015 Back in the early nineties, it felt like a tremendous advance in sexual politics that the nation had acquired a First Lady who didn't have to pretend to be less formidable than she was.

The pale larva gliding around the cradle of the new-born, was less formidable than the banshee hovering at the window of the expiring chieftain; or the plague spirit silently marking the thresholds of the devoted city.

Back in the early nineties, it felt like a tremendous advance in sexual politics that the nation had, at last, acquired a First Lady who — campaign-trail cookie-recipe posturing aside — didn't have to pretend to be less formidable than she was.