(He died six years later, but that was only a formality).
The need for a review, even if it was only a formality, underscored the charged emotions that accompanied the deal.
Azarov's resignation has yet to be accepted by the president, but that appears to be only a formality.
But analysts said that talk of quotas was only a formality, given that OPEC has pledged to provide the market with the oil it needs to stabilize prices.
Thus, in March 1795, in an attempt to dissociate himself from his former colleagues, he claimed that each of them was responsible only for the duty with which he was charged and that the signatures to decrees regarded as reprehensible were only a formality.
Nikolay felt anxious as he compiled the list, but it seemed, it was only a formality… Then the German colonel comes to the hospital and tours the wards, afterwards telling Nikolay that he will have to kill his patients and that the bodies will be taken away.
A court-martial for losing one's ship was common practice at the time and in many cases, including Cochrane's, it was only a formality.
And, it turns out that a lot of times when jobs are posted on the internet, it's only a formality and they typically already have someone in mind.
With the win, Buffalo clinched the MAC East championship and ensured that they would have their first winning regular season since moving to Division I-A; the final regular season game, a 24 21 loss to Kent State, was only a formality.
