It was this formidable side to her nature that Gwen showed when Dorelia became involved with a young Belgian artist and eloped to Bruges.
Benfica were then reigning European and Portuguese champions, but Eusébio forced his way into their formidable side the following season.
It was a bitter disappointment to have stumbled at the final hurdle but Australia had beaten us by 40-odd points earlier that summer and the Wallabies were a formidable side, so it was not exactly slit-your-throats time afterwards.
Not weighed down by any of the three main threats to BBL success (missing internationals, underperforming imports, harboring too many grade cricketers), the Stars look a formidable side and as close to a finals lock as we've seen this season.
Joe Cole was fractionally offside when he tucked in the third goal, after Wes Brown had mishit a wild pass to Frank Lampard, but Chelsea were a formidable side after the interval despite the absence of, among others, Petr Cech, Arjen Robben, Damien Duff and John Terry.
His captain, Lord Hawke, said "It was not only what Georgie Hirst did but how he did it, coming off [i. e. "succeeding"] when an effort seemed most necessary and playing his best against the more formidable sides".
With the personnel they have, they can really form a formidable side going into the World Cup".
We said before the game they are a formidable side now and a really good rugby nation.
"We were playing against a really formidable side and I think the sending off certainly swung the game," said Hughes.
Webster said: "The boys were understadably deflated immediately after the final whistle, we never really got started in the game, but New Zealand are a formidable side that will take a lot of teams apart.
