Sentence examples for formally been from inspiring English sources

Negotiations have formally been going on for over five years.

"He hasn't formally been arrested for anything," said the spokesman, Farhan Haq.

Asked if he had formally been offered the job, he said, "No".

Another US official later denied the request had formally been made.

"This decision was made 400 years ago and it has never formally been repealed until now".

"David Hicks was innocent and that has formally been recorded by the military commission itself".

It is widely recognized that folk beliefs flourished in early modern Finland which had formally been Christianized for centuries.

The White House official spoke on the condition of anonymity because Mrs. Obama's plans had not formally been announced.

Sent a copy of the suit, which the school has not formally been served, the spokesman declined questions.

The home secretary's 2014 decision to deny them entry has now formally been quashed by the court.

This carries a maximum jail term of seven years although Greenpeace say the piracy charges have not formally been dropped.