Sentence examples similar to is a pro forma step from inspiring English sources
Over all, the hearing was a pro forma step on the way to all but certain confirmation by the Senate — and a celebration of Mr. Panetta, a creature of Washington who has served here as a congressman, a White House chief of staff, a White House budget director, a member of the Iraq Study Group and most recently as the director of a spy agency with ever closer ties to the military.
But there seemed to be a pro forma tone to the sparring.
This is a pro forma motion -- sorry, a standard motion -- in most felony cases.
The profit is a "pro forma" number, which means throwing out the bad stuff.
There is a policy in place and there is a pro forma that the midwives and doctors have to complete.
After the legislation is approved by the Presidency Council, in this case a pro forma step since all of the political blocs agreed to their passage, it will be published.
Normally, that's a pro forma process.
Every subsequent court date has been a pro forma affair that led to a continuance.
Anyway, the romance is only a pro forma attempt to attract some of the "Laguna Beach" audience.
This is called a pro forma.
