Sentence examples for formal handing from inspiring English sources

The actress said she did not speak to Mr Brown or any leading figures but took part in the formal handing over of the petition.

The formal handing back of her Austrian citizenship at a ceremony in the Austrian Embassy in London was a moving occasion.

In a statement marking the formal handing over of power to the moderate cleric from his hardline predecessor, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, the White House congratulated the Iranian people for "making their voices heard" and calling for "change".

Montgomery was working on another case this morning and did not attend the supreme court for what was meant to have been a formal "hand-down" judgment.

So did my best friend from school, now living in Ohio, who was in a formal hand-woven Thai silk dress.

From the beginning of minuscule, there were obviously educated individuals who occasionally copied texts for their own use in a formal hand that nevertheless had a distinctive personal flavour; indeed, professional scribes occasionally used a less formal style than usual.

But it is rare in formally written manuscripts, only gradually becoming more general until, in the 12th and 13th centuries, it is the most noticeable feature of even the most formal hands.

A former president of The Players, the British actor Michael Allinson, who is well remembered as the imposing Rolls-Royce passenger in the Grey Poupon commercials, came over, bowed, and held out a formal hand to Jones.

Some of them are severe, formal hand movements, evoking a system determined by rote and measurement; others, like the Visitor's continued wiping of his brow, are less obviously ritualized.

The old parliament says it refuses to recognise the new one because there's been no formal hand-over ceremony.

It wasn't laid out in this formal 'and now it's Thanksgiving' moment.