Sentence examples for informal role from inspiring English sources

Mr. Peres says it is really the informal role that counts.

The Administration withdrew the nomination and brought Weiss on in an informal role.

General hospitals often also have a formal or an informal role as teaching institutions.

Suburbia's informal role as the last arbiter of elections also explains why Maryland is among the most Democratic-leaning states.

She had an "informal role" in lobbying for News Corporation's bid for pay-TV broadcaster BSkyB, discussing it with the prime minister and the chancellor, George Osborne.

All said they had had both personal meetings and phone conversations — generally one on one — and had been asked to play a recurring informal role.

The interview starts with the characteristics of these informants (background, experiences in research and policy, formal and informal roles in related decision-making) and continues by exploring the actor-scenarios in which knowledges may have been used.

However our findings suggest that informal roles by paid workers were observed in the social networks of individuals who did not have a large informal support system.

For each investigator, age, background, research and policy experience, roles in the project (in what activities involved) and formal and informal roles in relevant decision-making processes are described (e.g. in advisory committees, policy processes).

The interview starts with questions about their characteristics (background, experiences in research and policy, formal and informal roles in related decision-making) and continues with their interactions with the research project and awareness and interpretation of the results.

To our knowledge, this is the first study investigating the organizational structure and the formal and informal roles of staff of a public health department in Canada with respect to EIDM.