Sentence examples for was rather formal from inspiring English sources

The meeting with the Russian president was rather formal, Sir Paul said, until Mr. Putin dismissed his entourage and invited the McCartneys into his inner sanctum, accompanied only by his interpreter.

The procedure for commissioning research to the RIVM was rather formal, with strict deadlines, and included several management levels for approval.

At first things are rather formal.

Her social life suffered, and she acquired a reputation for being rather formal and distant.

Other boys did come to play at my house, but the event would be rather formal.

The elder President Bush reveals that Elizabeth II is "rather formal" but not "standoffish".

Most of these statements were rather formal, buttoned-up, but one of them evoked the political anger that has risen in the wake of the fire.

His conversational style tended to be rather formal and sparing of colloquialisms, contrasting oddly with a disarming Irish lilt in his speech.

Kato made no explicit assumptions on regularity in s saying "Our proof given below is rather formal and not faultless from the mathematical point of view.

And unusually for China where company etiquette can be rather formal, all staff address the boss by his first name "Joe", which also means "uncle" in Chinese.

If you are at the Pizza Parlor (this place is rather formal!) you should wear a pizza/brown apron, (never the Pet Shop apron, though it does have a shirt under it) a pearl necklace (only if you are a girl) and a very nice hair do such as the Flutterby (blonde with butterfly) Befluttered (brown with bow) or the Sided Too.