Sentence examples for so formidable a from inspiring English sources

But even if such programs were available, failure rates are high against so formidable a sickness.

How did these once militaristic people turn so quickly and completely into so formidable a bastion of democracy?

The conventional wisdom is that he would be so formidable a candidate that other Democrats would not challenge him.

What makes the man so formidable a candidate, a proven winner in a swing state in the age of Ronald Reagan?

It's odd, but the country that was to generate so formidable a nationalism in the 20th century had, until the 19th, few heroic figures to call its own.

So formidable a foe, in fact, that just eight months after Japanese leaders vowed the nuclear disaster — like the end of World War II — would lead to a kind of rebirth, the chances for fundamental change are rapidly slipping away.

"Never in my life", he said, "have I been brought into touch with so formidable an amount of suffering".

And her valuable two-piece accompaniment was so formidable that a drummer wasn't missed.

It's as if they've been dressed in rags all season and have suddenly thrown them off to reveal a king in sparkling chainmail with a sword so formidable it has a name — Arsekicker.

A six-run lead does not seem so formidable, however, when a team gets 17 at-bats with the bases loaded, as the Yankees did.

Goode, so formidable and entertaining a competitor at full-back, is destined to take over from Glen Jackson, now retired, but he took a blow to a shoulder early on and then switched to No 15 to allow a more secure goalkicker, Derick Hougaard, to take the field in the second half.