Sentence examples for formality of proceedings from inspiring English sources

My contact, hardly a shy-and-retiring type, said he was surprised by the formality of proceedings; he said felt initially like the new boy at school, surrounded by prefects.

"The proceedings have been issued as a last resort having failed over the last couple of weeks to try and resolve matters without the formality of court proceedings.

She kept speaking in Bengali, complaining about the formality of the proceedings, and the fact that Pranab Kaku, wearing a tuxedo, barely said a word to us because he was too busy leaning over the shoulders of his new American in-laws as he circled the table.

By formal, I mean a requirement about the physical form of the statement (written, recorded, etc)., which is at the heart of the definition proposed by Justice Thomas in White v. Illinois (1992), and/or the formality of the proceedings where that statement was secured.

But the slow and elaborate formalities of the proceedings betray the immense difficulties of this brave attempt to surmount the divisions and hatreds that have for so long overwhelmed the peoples of Sudan.The members of parliament refer to each other as "the honourable" and there are endless "points of order", some serious, some frivolous, a nod to Sudan's British colonial heritage.

Despite the formality of the AIA proceedings, the agency's lawyers have steered clear of asking for Chevron deference on legal issues decided in these proceedings.

So, once more, we went through the formality of making telephone calls that were never returned, writing a letter before claim that was ignored, lodging judicial review proceedings.

Perception of the formality of organization.

The formality of the studio layout.

He wouldn't believe the formality of it".

Guillen rightly finds the formality of the interview process contrived.