Sentence examples for it is a formality from inspiring English sources
It is a formality, and Mr. Romney will still deliver his acceptance speech on Thursday evening, but the change is significant and an effort to keep the convention focused tightly on Mr. Romney.
But it is a formality observed by the Argentina Football Association and this week in Buenos Aires, the 2012 Clausura tournament was controversially named Crucero General Belgrano – after the naval ship sunk by British torpedoes in the Falklands conflict.
Barnsley director Don Rowing believes it is a formality that David Flitcroft will sign a new contract with the club.
Parkinson's contract is up at the end of the season, but chairman Mark Lawn is confident that it is a formality that he will stay on.
"It's a formality," Williams said.
"People thought it was a formality but I was worried before we kicked a ball.
It was a formality in the end but a huge weight off our minds when the order was granted.
Although her last two midwives were affiliated with a hospital in the Bronx, she said, it was a formality.
A party convention here allows members to ratify the pick, but analysts said it was a formality.
It was a formality, preceding the formality of the state-by-state roll call that the party's rules have not got around to eliminating.
