The phrase "a formal list" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it when referring to a structured or organized compilation of items, often used in official or professional contexts.
Example: "The committee presented a formal list of recommendations for the upcoming project."
Alternatives: "an official list" or "a structured list".
The commission then sent a formal list of antitrust charges to the airlines in September.
Swift's announcement did not specify the number of expelled Iranian banks or mention them by name, and the European Union has not yet announced a formal list.
A statement of objections, essentially a formal list of charges, is the first step in proceedings that could lead to Gazprom's being forced to change its business practices in Eastern Europe.
While the administration does not keep a formal list as it does in some other countries, like Belarus, it will now actively encourage more visits by Myanmar officials and lawmakers.
A commission official in Brussels who requested anonymity because he had not been authorized to speak about the case confirmed that Mr. Almunia would file a so-called statement of objections, a formal list of regulators' concerns.
The factory, which produced about 220,000 cars, minivans and trucks last year -- only 2.2 per worker, about one-tenth the number produced by the average Ford worker -- did not even have a formal list of its assets.
The New York Post, the first to report that the apartment was available, offered one of the rare descriptions of the layout, given that there was never a formal listing.
Mr. Wetzler said that, since the vast majority of whitebark pine trees grow on lands belonging to the Forest Service, the declaration that the listing is "warranted but precluded" would lead foresters to adopt some safeguards for the trees but defer the extensive work of identifying critical habitat and taking other steps to protect them until a formal listing is made.
After any episode that warrants discipline, the state is supposed to serve the employee involved a notice of discipline, a formal listing of accusations, but none was issued in this case, despite the presence of a witness and of physical evidence.
But more than 100 days after the terror attacks, this handful of lost workers does not appear on any formal lists of the dead or missing.
But more than 100 days later, these lost workers do not appear on any formal lists of the dead or missing.
