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The phrase "a matter of form" is correct and commonly used in written English.
It is often used to refer to something that is done for the sake of following a certain procedure or convention, rather than for practical or meaningful reasons. Examples: - Filling out this paperwork is just a matter of form. It doesn't really add any value to the process. - The dress code for the event is strictly black tie, but it's really just a matter of form. They won't turn you away if you're not wearing a tuxedo. - The doctor asked me a few routine questions, but it seemed like they were just a matter of form. She didn't seem to really care about my answers.
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The dynamism was not just a matter of form – it imbued her thinking.
This is partly a matter of form: Mr Breuer is still in office.
There is, it turns out, a unifying thread; it's just not a matter of form.
The look of a watch might sound more like a matter of form, but style has its functions, too.
His preselected employees never had to worry about the exams they sat as a matter of form.
This is partly a matter of form: the show skillfully borrows images and sounds from those films and others.
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It's a matter of forming a partnership, so that the work of the horticulturists who devise roses can be kept alive by organizing the devotion of gardeners all over the city.
So today's meeting was also a matter of forming closer ties to Mr. Lott and Mr. Hastert, with whom Mr. Bush has not spent all that much time.
The description of conditioning as the establishment of a new response to a stimulus that had not previously elicited that response naturally suggested that conditioning was a matter of forming new stimulus response connections.
This reserve was simply a matter of good form.
Even if these protestations are simply a matter of diplomatic form, they will be alarming for the men with the dwindling purses in London.
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