The phrase "a part in formulating" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing someone's involvement or contribution in the process of creating or developing something, such as a plan, policy, or idea.
Example: "She played a significant part in formulating the new marketing strategy for the company."
Alternatives: "a role in developing" or "an involvement in creating".
There is some evidence to suggest that Locke did play a part in formulating the sections on religion — though it is possible this may have been at the bidding of Lord Ashley.
One framework, which the organization where I work, the Electronic Frontier Foundation, played a part in formulating, is found in the Santa Clara Principles.
In this role he played a part in formulating changes that enabled Social Security to avoid a crisis during that period.
"We helped the tobacco people throughout this fight, and they pulled the rug out from under us," a man who had taken a leading part in formulating the broadcasting industry's strategy in Washington told me.
As chairman ex officio of the World War I foreign debt commission, Mellon also played a prominent part in formulating U.S. policy concerning the funding of war debts owed to the United States by foreign governments.
Though the State Department plays a major part in formulating sanctions policy, former U.S. officials and sanctions experts said it was unlikely the agency had a role in deciding the fine announced on Thursday, because it falls under OFAC's regulatory role.
For Britain, which played only a walk on part in formulating this deal, the hope is that it will stop the eurozone tilting into recession, which would drag us with it.
Tells about his lynching investigations, his part in formulating President Truman's controversial civil-rights program, etc.
The Liberal Democrats remembered the 1977-78 Lib-Lab pact when, so they believed, they attracted odium for policies which they had played little part in formulating.
Fehmer recounts his part in formulating guidelines by which coercive interrogation tactics would be used and describes some of the actual measures.
In a speech to open a session of Parliament on Wednesday, King Abdullah II of Jordan emphasized that his country must continue "reform, modernization and development," which would enable "the Jordanian individual to actively take part in formulating the present and the future".
