Sentence examples for very formality from inspiring English sources

They had certainly learned, many of them, to "operate" after a fashion, to show at least a formal or external recognition of social conventions and yet the very formality or externality of their behavior was itself disconcerting.

They had certainly learned, many of them, to "operate" after a fashion, to show at least a formal or external recognition of social conventions — and yet the very formality or externality of their behavior was itself disconcerting.

The very formality of the notion of a movie's theatrical release has a grand political connotation, like a candidate for office throwing a hat in the ring.

Her genius was to realize that the very formalities of the tradition — the inter-house rivalry, the sporting slang — were in themselves amusing, and that the stuffy could be made mysterious once more.

Her genius was to realize that the very formalities of the tradition the inter-house rivalry, the sporting slang were in themselves amusing, and that the stuffy could be made mysterious once more.

With his disdain of powdered wigs and the other formalities of his very formal age, Franklin comes across as the most recognizably human of them all, a man for our time.

"You have to understand that Fiat, before he joined the company, was very formal," he said, and Mr. Marchionne wanted to "break the formality," by replacing solid office doors with glass ones, for instance, and declining to dress up.

With the help of social media sites, insecurities become perfections, and photo manipulation is now very much a formality.

And Chelsea's new year shopping list doesn't end there: the arrival of 18-year-old Bologna midfielder Amadou Diawara is considered very much a formality.

The service is formal as befits a Paris brasserie where the passion and energy of the restaurant are held in check by a structured formality (very French) that allowed us to gently unravel over a perfect bottle of Volnay.

Minor, everyday violations were dealt with expeditiously by police officers and, if needed, by police courts that operated with very few procedural formalities.