Sentence examples for were a formality from inspiring English sources

The charges were a formality.

The handshakes were a formality.

After spending a frantic two hours asking neighbors and anybody else he could find what the notice meant, Mr. Willis learned that the notices were a formality — he would not be prosecuted or fined.

Remarkably, this task took seven years and even then the reconstruction was only partial.After the green light from Mr Gandhi, approvals from IA and government bodies were a formality.

In a 10-minute address to reporters, Knight expressed his undivided interest in the job, sounding as if it were a formality that he would come work with his friend, the Texas Tech athletic director, Gerald Myers.

"It's a formality.

These are a formality.

Not that a win is a formality.

Everyone knows this is a formality.

The rest was a formality.

But this should be a formality.