Sentence examples for formality on the from inspiring English sources

After all, wasn't I an interloper, too, drawn like she to the genteel aesthetic of a place that exhibits a lack of fuss on the one hand, a handsome formality on the other?

His inclusion in the field was a formality on the part of the United States Golf Association, but Watson nevertheless thinks he can win at Pebble Beach, one of his favorite courses.

Not long ago, few would have imagined that the contest would be anything more than a formality on the way to an inevitable U.S. qualification: the Americans beat the Hondurans, 6 0, in San Jose in March.

To the extent that section 2-606 does represent an actual shift to less formality on this question, the change is the result of endogenous factors.

From that vantage point, we could peer inside this secretive state – without the tricky paperwork, background checks and formalities of an on-the-ground tour.

In this little matter we see the lost layers of formality on which the drama of Austen's dialogue depends.

It would take them ten minutes to clear formalities on the Finnish side and ten hours to clear the Russian ones, if they were lucky.

At present most adopt the "rubber stamp" approach – hand suspects over to the European policeman and prosecutors if the formalities on the warrant are correct.

The so-called coordinated operating agreement between the State Water Project and the bureau's Central Valley Project will have to be ratified by Congress and be subjected to legal formalities on the state level.

Has he fulfilled his potential in the fashion that seemed such a formality on that chilly night in east London in 2003?

The wedding party attire can be formal or informal, depending on the formality of the event.