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The phrase 'go through the formality' is correct and can be used in written English.
This phrase is typically used to suggest that a particular bureaucratic process must be completed, such as a legal or administrative procedure. For example, you could say, "We need to go through the formality of having the document notarized before it can become legally binding."
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The newly selected prime minister must then go through the formality of being appointed by Emperor Akihito.
And in the coming weeks, the last two major Democratic candidates will go through the formality of announcing their candidacies.
Mr. Kan, 63, won a vote in the lower house of Parliament and will now go through the formality of being appointed by Emperor Akihito.
Jeff Schwartz, Kidd's agent, will go through the formality of opting out of Kidd's contract; Kidd was due to make $10.4 million this coming season.
All the while, the judge tried to go through the formality of polling the jury, which wasn't easy because jurors, too, were fixated on the drama in the audience.
Sometimes, however, just to make things "official", they would go through the formality of deputization.
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The Chinese groups will confirm the takeover to the Shanghai stock exchange on Monday, as they go through the formalities required to complete the transaction.
Be very cautious when the contractor does not want to go through the formalities of signing a contract.
The party went through the formality of also nominating a second candidate, its secretary general, Charles Muligande.
Following the passage of the Catholic Emancipation Act of 1829, O'Connell, after going through the formality of an uncontested reelection, took his seat at Westminster.
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.
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