Sentence examples for becoming formal from inspiring English sources

This discourages small firms from becoming formal, which means they can't borrow money from a bank.

Former President Raul Alfonsin, the leader of Mr. de la Rua's centrist Radical Party, is trying to persuade Mr. Alvarez, of the social democratic Frepaso Party, to remain allied with the government by becoming formal leader of the governing Alianza coalition.

Both have moved closer to NATO in recent years, becoming formal partners (a relationship which can lead to membership) of the alliance.

To create a casual look and avoid becoming a formal, suit-wearing parent lookalike, try these substitutes for formal attire: Cardigans or swing jackets instead of suit jackets.

"Speaking to your landlord first is the most effective way to stop a minor disagreement becoming a formal dispute.

Tino: I realized that I could still work in service and continue to be spiritually grounded without becoming a formal cleric.

That might give him a strong claim to lead the United Alternative, if it ever succeeds in becoming a formal party.

Starting in the early nineteenth century, when classics itself was becoming a formal discipline, scholars who were embarrassed by what they found in the fragments worked hard to whitewash Sappho's reputation.

In what many soldiers consider the clearest sign that this is fast becoming a formal American base, troops were ordered last week to begin saluting officers, a requirement usually waived in combat zones.

In architecture the post-and-lintel style in stone, which had been taken over from the Greeks, was already giving place to an architecture of arches, vaults, and domes in brick, whereas sculptural ornament was becoming more formal and less naturalistic.

At Harvard, this is increasingly becoming a formal practice.