1.   And British stalwarts Helen Mirren, Maggie Smith and Kate Winslet are formidable foes as well.

2.   As big business flexed its muscles in Flint, big labor emerged here as a formidable foe.

3.   -- HIV has proven to be a formidable foe of science, developing resistance to anti-viral drugs.

4.   A combined AOL-Netscape would create a formidable foe against Microsoft in the fight for control of the Internet market.

5.   Against a less formidable foe, her tenacity probably would have paid off.

6.   Both are formidable foes.

7.   But even political opponents concede Daschle is a formidable foe.

8.   But his very familiarity with the sleazy world of political favors makes him a formidable foe in the Whitewater affair.

9.   But the Americans engaged in two hours of athletic give-and-take with the formidable foes from the beach hotbed.

10.   But they face a formidable foe with potent allies, including the New York investor Guy Wyser-Pratte.