The phrase "formal friends" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it to describe people who are acquaintances, but have a more formal relationship. For example: "Although we only talked once at a networking event, we have remained formal friends over the years."
Mr Aznar's team would do better trying to nudge the PNV further that way than indiscriminately kicking it; and much better treating it as a partner against ETA than, almost, as ETA's formal friend.
Leaders of the Republican Party have cheered on the lawsuit, in some cases filing formal friend-of-the-court briefs in support of it.
To become a formal supporter who can invite friends and post to a campaigns feed, people actually have to take action on behalf of a cause.
In lieu of a formal service, friends and family are asked to join in silent reflection and prayer at 8AM Pacific Time on Saturday, September 24 , 2005
The map is divided into sectors (household, other family, work/school, formal services, friends, neighbours, and clubs/organizations/church).
Barney's show starts with her earlier work in America, photographing her own family's daily life, and moves to more formal pictures of friends of friends in Europe.
Although she did not have any formal education, such friends as Lord Curzon, Lord Milner, and F.H. Bradley later filled in the gaps of her knowledge.
Snapchat's creators have always positioned the app as a kind of anti-Facebook younger, less formanti-Facebook youngers keeping in touch than about mass communication.
"I started to realise that actually there's only a few places where kids learn about their sexuality, and that's their friends, formal sex education and their parents.
These ten dimensions were: informal networks (including family and friends), formal networks (including employment, education, religion, and rehabilitative program participation), trust and safety (including inmates/peers and staff), civic engagement, communication, community, reciprocity, culture, and health and wellbeing (including items about discussing HCV and HCV treatment with others).
