"formal association" is a correct and usable phrase in written English.
You can use it when you are describing an organized group or partnership that has been formally established. For example, "The two companies formed a formal association to share resources and collaborate on joint projects."
"Visiting scholar" is a courtesy title and does not signify a formal association with the University.
Farron, 40, will not be tainted by formal association with the coalition in any future leadership contest.
O'Neill's idea morphed into a formal association, with South Africa joining the original Bric group in 2011.
Formal association with Europe would help establish the rule of law and limit the government's power to abuse and neglect its own citizens.
Piggott's formal association with the demure Irishman began in 1966, ending a long and successful partnership with Noel Murless, the leading postwar trainer in England.
The contract, designed to guarantee independence, came with term limits, and my term ends this week, as will any formal association with The Times.
And they examine Berkeley's academic culture, the informal and formal associations and interactions that invariably affect scholarship.
This show, with its careful edit of subjects and moods, feels unified by more formal associations, and the effect is as powerful as ever.
Today, supper clubs have been adopted by all kinds of groups, from formal associations to loose conglomerations, from a group of gay men in Austin, Tex., to an assemblage of young Manhattan Japanese.
Even a legal success may not solve the underlying problem, says Mr Edathy, because it could accelerate an exodus from formal associations such as the NPD to looser groupings like the NSU.
The band say their irreverent, high-concentration pop – which has seen them bracketed with the divisive PC Music collective (there are also more formal associations: Lobban releases music on the label under the moniker Kane West and the band put out a version of their debut album as remixed by various affiliated DJs) – is a reaction to the ruling class of electronic music.
