Sentence examples for certain formality from inspiring English sources

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".

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

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

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

He spoke with a certain formality, as though to assert the dignity of his office, showing only glimpses of the antic humor he had displayed onstage.

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

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.

Duff can try to take that into account by saying that certain formalities in punishment, including both censure and the taking on of burdens beyond those of making material reparations, are necessary to repair the social damage done by a crime.

As a form of express trust, charitable trusts are subject to certain formalities, as well as the requirements of the three certainties, when being created.