Sentence examples for was only formal from inspiring English sources

Note that the derivation of the above equations was only formal, hence we have to address the existence and uniqueness of solutions and the proper setting for these equations.

As we pointed out, this definition is only formal.

This distinguishing is only formal and can be done in any other way in practice.

Certainly, as we already know that a degenerate parabolic equation generally only has a weak solution, the above linearization is only formal.

c0 can be computed by perturbation theory, which however is only formal since for the Nelson Hamiltonian the smallest eigenvalue sits exactly at the bottom of the continuous spectrum.

Hence, just as this opposition does not belong essentially to either representation, so too their force-like behavior is only formal and contingent ("Gradweise", PsW: 134 5; cf. SW V: 278).

If he strayed, it was only through formal means.

When the players received their championship medals, Ferguson hugged every one as they walked past but for Rooney there was only a formal pat on the shoulder.

This study was only a formal stratification of the current practice; hence, informed consent was not necessary.

Of Cusco, he says, "They told us three to five kilns, but that was only the formal, registered enterprises.

It was only the ninth formal news conference of his presidency.