"a formal examination" is a correct and usable phrase in written English.
It can be used to refer to a structured and official test or assessment that is conducted for academic or professional purposes. Example: "In order to earn my teaching license, I had to pass a series of rigorous formal examinations in various subject areas."
Japanese custom dictates that a death cannot be confirmed until a formal examination has been made.
One thing the FA has decided against with its pro licence course is introducing a formal examination at the end, which is what happens in Germany.
At most, Chinese officials may offer Mr. Snow a loosening of some currency controls or a promise to begin a formal examination of its policies.
Although Medicare is not supposed to take cost into consideration when making such rulings, the decision to launch a formal examination has raised concerns among cancer experts, drug companies, lawmakers, prostate cancer patients and advocacy groups.
Although the Crown Prosecution Service had declared Greville Janner unfit to stand a criminal trial last year due to his advanced dementia, a formal examination of the evidence against him had been scheduled for April.
Although the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) had declared Greville Janner unfit to stand a criminal trial last year due to his "deteriorating and irreversible" dementia, a formal examination of the evidence against him had been scheduled for April.
Buckland resigned in protest at the decision of university authorities that 14 students whom he – and a formal examinations board – had judged to have failed a course should nonetheless be deemed to have passed it.
He did so in protest at the decision of university authorities that 13 students whom he - and a formal examinations board - had judged to have failed a course should none the less be deemed to have passed it.
At the end of the day trainees were assessed using a multiple-choice examination and a formal test scenario evaluating actual practical skills and their integration into a clinical context.
The proportional hazard assumption, evaluated by visual examination and a formal test (Schoenfeld, 1982; Grambsch and Therneau, 1994), was met for all models shown.
A final individual assessment should include a final formal examination (written, oral and practical).
