The phrase "workable formula" is correct and can be used in written English.
It refers to a practical and effective method or approach for achieving a particular goal or solving a problem. Example: After extensive research, the team finally came up with a workable formula for increasing productivity without sacrificing quality.
There is already one workable formula for pricing options, called the Black-Scholes model.
A workable formula would have Shiites, Sunnis and Kurds governing their own domains, while sharing national power in a weaker center.
Scanlon writes, "Consciously or not, the couple found a workable formula for their marriage: he would support her, unequivocally, in her professional life, and she would serve him, unequivocally, in their domestic world".
In 1708 the German alchemist Johann Friedrich B er came up with a workable formula while imprisoned and under orders to produce actual gold for the dwindling coffers of Augustus II, elector of Saxony and king of Poland.
But Ms. Nylund says the Assura Group thinks it has a workable formula, which includes a hefty waiting period (six months) before initial coverage begins, to avoid a rush to buy policies when a big layoff occurs or seems imminent, and a link of the private insurance to public jobless benefits.
In fact, it was Graham who hit on the most workable formula for a rock festival in the mid-1970s withisis "Day on the Green" series at the Oakland Californiaa) Coliseum; it was held in an enclosed area, which made it possible for the promoter to minimize gate crashing and the unauthorized sale of alcohol and drugs.
These two models are workable formulas, but they need a secure logistical lifeline.
Rather, he had found workable formulas previously, but now he saw Big Ten teams lagging in speed.
THE magazine business motored along for years on a tried-and-true roadway: find a workable editorial formula and then employ direct-mail and sweepstakes marketing to build a big enough audience to persuade advertisers to come aboard.
One excellent way to begin would be for Governor Pataki to set up a bipartisan group of legislators immediately to start drafting a workable new formula, including his own proposals on making funding more flexible.
But arts philanthropy has struggled to find a workable legislative formula here in the face of the culture ministry's jealous hold on Italy's cultural patrimony and the prospect that tax revenue could decline if the government instituted wide-ranging tax credits for donations.
