Sentence examples for formal mode from inspiring English sources

Perhaps because of its novelty and its formal mode of expression, some of the earlier Arab fiction reads a bit like 18th- or 19th-century European writing.

Besides the canonical events, there is footage of King in less formal mode — grinning as Mahalia Jackson sings "Joshua Fought the Battle of Jericho" in a Chicago church, and reminiscing about the times he was most afraid.

His partner is simply known as "the old woman", though there is a hint late in the novel that she may once also have been called Fa. Mal treats her with tremendous respect, referring to her in the third person, rather like the formal mode in many European languages.

The semantic arguments differ in that they are presented in the formal mode, concerning the linguistic expressions in question.

22. Beall's formulation has been tidied up slightly, so as to maintain the formal mode of expression (see previous note).

In the formal mode, the questions become whether the B-series may somehow be reduced to, may be defined in terms of, the A-series (or vice versa).

It was logical for her to place these lives, people living on the south side of Chicago, the place she navigated, into formal modes.

Beyond vocabulary, the Italic languages share features of expression that are prominent in formal modes of discourse, such as prayers, oaths and curses, and legal formulations.

Consider Regress (5-2), the first of the formal modes.

Formal modes of architecture horizontality, verticality, proportionality and the expressive nature of ornament are alike the products of our physical and sensory capacities.

Third, even the so-called formal modes (5-2, 5-5, 5-5) might not be narrowly concerned with proof, but rather with everything that can lend credibility to something else.