Sentence examples for except for formal from inspiring English sources

Thereafter, it was virtually discontinued except for formal and monumental writing.

Typically, Mr. DeVito said, people gravitate to a home's kitchen and family room, leaving the living room lonely except for formal occasions.

The executive has a relatively free hand in foreign and military policy except for formal declarations of war, which are rarely made.

As deacons, the women may carry out all the duties of a priest except for formal blessings, communion and absolving sins.

(5) Except for formal issues (specification of authors, publication date, etc)., each reviewer shall not only document whether specific information was reported but also whether it was correct, (e.g., whether the risk of bleeding was reported, and whether it was reported correctly).

The experimental group was involved in the English language course for 1 h a day, during 1 month (except for the weekends) through 20 formal teaching on-line sessions via a group page, created in Facebook as well as Skype.

I learned only gradually that it isn't like that at all, that except for their formal gatherings around the conference table once or twice a week, the justices spend their time, when they are not on the bench, in their chambers, alone or with their law clerks.

Suzan Mazur: In your view, has a paradigm shift already happened away from gene-centered neo-Darwinism except for a formal recognition by the neo-Darwinists?

Except for Arnold Newman's starkly formal portrait of Igor Stravinsky, in which the black, uplifted piano top occupies most of the picture, few of the photographs are interesting for formal or stylistic reasons.

Design for formal or non-formal education?

With no access to formal theological education except in Western Roman Catholic or Protestant schools, the Orthodox tradition was preserved primarily through the liturgy, which retained its richness and often served as a substitute for formal schooling.