Sentence examples for marking the formal from inspiring English sources

At a ceremony marking the formal start of their mission on Monday, soldiers knelt and were sprinkled with holy water by their Eastern Orthodox priest.

William van Duzer Lawrence, an entrepreneur, purchased Prescott Farm in 1899, marking the formal beginning of an organized artist colony called Lawrence Park.

Abdullah Gül, the president of Turkey who took part in the ceremony marking the formal opening of his country's EU accession negotiations in 2005, will start a three day state visit to Britain on Tuesday.

In a statement marking the formal handing over of power to the moderate cleric from his hardline predecessor, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, the White House congratulated the Iranian people for "making their voices heard" and calling for "change".

From a stone seat close by the spot where a 12th-century archbishop of Canterbury, Thomas à Becket, was murdered by Norman knights seeking to end the archbishop's defiance of King Henry II, Archbishop Williams led a Eucharist marking the formal opening of a gathering that many in the church have described as a make-or-break moment.

THE NEWS Officials including Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr., Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates and General Ray Odierno conducted a ceremony in Baghdad marking the formal end of combat operations and the beginning of the post-combat phase of American military involvement in Iraq, to be called Operation New Dawn.

The news conference marked the formal end of a four-month investigation.

For many, what became known as the "East of Suez" declaration marked the formal end of the British empire.

Party leaders gaveled the convention to order Monday to mark the formal opening of the event and then adjourned it.

North Korea wants UN sanctions lifted, and a peace treaty with America to mark the formal end of the 1950-53 Korean war before restarting talks.

Always and unmistakably, Newmarket's first card of the season marks the formal transfer of centre stage from jump to Flat racing.