Sentence examples for certain formalities from inspiring English sources

318, Congress has sanctioned the right to assign patents, requiring only fulfillment of certain formalities.

Despite his air of uproarious amiability, Mr. Rostropovich clings to certain formalities.

"This was connected to Mr. Trump's schedule, and my schedule, and certain formalities with protocol that our teams, unfortunately, didn't resolve.

By contrast, in civil law a contract to make a gift is valid if it is accompanied by certain formalities and if it does not violate the expectancies that the close relatives of the donor have in the property.

At the same time, Mr. Schechter said, the Business Corporation Law permits the board to revoke a contract between the co-op corporation and a company in which one of the co-op board members is a director or officer, or holds a substantial financial interest, unless certain formalities are followed.

In the temple certain formalities were regularly observed, i.e. the assumption of the toga virilis by young men, the formal leave-taking of provincial governors when setting out for their posts, and their reception when returning with signs of victory which were deposited here, together with other less important functions (Cass. Dio LV.10.3‑5; Suet. Aug. 29.2; Cal. 44).

4. Ipanema + (212) 730-5848 13 West 46th Street $ All major cards Ipanema is not a formal restaurant, although there is a certain formality to its appearance: a polished wood floor, beige walls, vases of dried flowers in wall niches and lighting so dim it is impossible to make out any of the small artworks on the wall.

There's a certain formality to it".

Behind a certain formality, he was a man of great kindness and intense loyalty.

"I like posed pictures, with a certain formality," Mr. Zhou said.

The clothes had a certain formality offset with a sense of relaxed sophistication.