Sentence examples for a formal state from inspiring English sources
He was honoured with a formal state funeral.
There was never a formal state legal action against his firms.
China has also emphasized the need to allow Mr. Hu to enjoy all the trappings of a formal state visit.
President Xi paid a formal state visit to India in September to meet with Narendra Modi, India's new prime minister.
A formal state panel ultimately found that reports of nurses' warnings could not be substantiated or documented.
How did an annual report to Congress become the State of the Union address, a formal state occasion?
The calamitous mainland civil war that drove the defeated Nationalists here in 1949 left China and Taiwan in a formal state of war.
AS THE first Chinese head of state to pay a formal state visit to Japan, China's Jiang Zemin had plenty to discuss with his hosts this week.
Although he did not give a formal State of the Union speech in his first year, he did address a joint session of Congress in February 1993.
The country has long operated with three overlapping and competing legal systems: tribal law; Shariah, or Islamic law; and a formal state system.
Among the dozens of measures that passed on Monday, the two chambers overwhelmingly approved bills authorizing a formal state apology for New Jersey's role in slavery.
