Sentence examples for been a formality because from inspiring English sources

But Mr. Castro's lawyer, Michael C. Farkas, said afterward that the proceeding had been a formality because Mr. Castro has been cooperating with prosecutors.

The vote by Parliament was a formality because it is dominated by the governing Liberal Democratic Party.

Parliamentary elections are a formality because candidates are picked by Mr. Kim and the governing Workers Partyy of Korea.

In principle, that is a formality, because for several years practically the only real force in the republic has been made up of structures under Kadyrov's control: the Chechen interior ministry unit known as the "oil regiment", the Sever (north) battalion of Chechen special forces and Kadyrov's security guard, which is considered all-powerful.

Although other candidates from the Pakistan People's Party and from Imran Khan's Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf party stood against him, Mr Sharif's nomination was a formality because of his party's commanding position in parliament.

However, this date was a formality, because if Komisarjevsky appeals his case, his execution could be delayed for decades.

The judge also gave Hayes an official execution date of May 27, 2011; Blue said that this date was a formality, because if Hayes appeals his case, his execution could be delayed for decades.

At this stage, the main dissemination was a formality because the key stakeholders had been part of the process and were already aware of the key findings of the research project.

It would be just a formality, because, as everyone knows but hasn't been willing to say, Taiwan has been a state since 1949.

This ought to have been a formality.

Mr. Sobyanin's nomination must be approved by the Moscow city council, but that is largely a formality because it is dominated by Mr. Putin's ruling party, United Russia.