Sentence examples for formal end from inspiring English sources

It had no official start and no formal end.

In 2005, PIRA declared a formal end to its armed campaign.

Neither wants the blame for bringing a formal end to the four-year-old ceasefire.

No peace treaty has yet put a formal end to the war.

The ceremony brought to a formal end ISAF's combat mission in Afghanistan.

By January, 2008, Rajapaksa, determined to crush the Tigers, announced a formal end to the ceasefire.

This time, 20 months after the recession's formal end, payrolls are still shrinking.

The news conference marked the formal end of a four-month investigation.

Final word on the recession's formal end will probably not come for months.

-How many American and British troops were in Iraq at the (formal) end of the war?

For many, what became known as the "East of Suez" declaration marked the formal end of the British empire.