Sentence examples for formal registers from inspiring English sources

And at Take 2 of the same study, the interval from Take 1 to Take 2 spanning a nine-month period, the same Spanish HL group 'move[d] … to more formal registers that use[d] main clauses with embedded clauses' (Colombi 2002: 84).

Hospitals have traditionally relied for supply of formal registers and summary forms on national government.

The volunteers become more formalized, creating formal registered non-governmental organizations (NGOS), of which there are currently over 200 operating in the eastern areas.

Maude suggested that a formal register of lobbyists would make it harder for such investigations to succeed.

Although the society does classify them informally as eligible for landmark status, it has no formal register of historic places.

Slang is a type of language that marks an informal register; literary words (like "thou" and "shalt") mark a formal register.

Although the entries will almost certainly cause a citywide -- if not worldwide -- discussion, there will be no formal registering of public opinion.

There is a formal register, which he manages beautifully when he wants to: "the claustrophobic gauge of the canyonlike streets with their hanging garden of ancient fire escapes".

That's in contrast to the changes we might adopt when shifting to a more formal register – deliberately trying to sound posher during a job interview, or on the phone to a stranger.

SVO is normally preferred in a formal register.

No statistical weights were applied since, no formal register of disability statistics in schools is currently available.