21.  The ruling party is up against formidable opposition candidates.

22.  They have typically faced formidable opposition, previously playing Duke, Kentucky and Kansas.

23.  Yet the most formidable opposition leader, Laurent Gbagbo of the Ivorian Popular Front, made no public statement.

24.  But since then he has won the backing of a formidable opposition coalition, including the Social Democratic Union led by former premier Petre Roman.

25.  But the plan to go further and introduce sharia law is running into formidable opposition from a wide spectrum of Malaysian women.

26.  The anti-war factions face the formidable opposition of Zhirinovsky and his Liberal Democratic Party, the second biggest force in the Duma.

27.  The new president is likely to face some formidable opposition during his four years in office.