1、mere formality; a dead letter
2、A mere formality, of course.
3、She greeted him with stiff formality.
4、He is a stickler for formality.
5、Stateliness and formality in manner and appearance.
6、Graduating the following spring was a formality.
7、release from mental strain, tension, or formality.
8、It's a formality which we have to go through.
9、The organization templates are presented in increasing order of formality.
10、The stylistic characteristics include clearness and conciseness, formality, and courtesy.
11、Like much foreign formality, it sounds odd in English.
12、 They said the interview was just a formality/a mere formality, as they've already given me the job.
13、She didn't like the formality of the party.
14、This flexibility in the formality of reviews is a good thing.
15、Sometimes, formality is necessary, and "thank you" is still the best choice in such situations.
16、With this and the institutionalization of ontology has come greater formality.
17、He is already assured of the job and his interview is a mere formality.
18、Mrs. Farebrother welcomed the guest with a lively formality and precision.
19、Make sth. a mere formality; do sth. perfunctorily(or as a mere formality); go through the motions get through sth. in a perfunctory way(or manner); skimp(or muddle through)one's work
20、Token review - Doing the review as a formality just because the management intends to get it done.
21、The passage sets out, in small, Emerson's priorities-spontaneity over convention, vitality over formality, luck and newness over system.
22、Sure, they may ask for a resume, but in many cases, it's little more than a formality.
23、In order to capture important communication, larger teams must use more rigor and formality in the way they work.
24、As soon as we is through with all the formality, you'll is able to get a compensation from the insurance company.
25、A borrowed book is like a guest in the house; it must be treated with punctiliousness, with a certain considerate formality.
26、"Thanks" can be useful, as it is able to bridge the divide between the formality of "thank you" and the downright relaxed "cheers".
27、Generally, the patent lawyer will direct the preparation of the drawings by a patent draftsman familiar with the drawing formality requirements of the U. S. patent Office.
28、Nominalization, one of the most remarkable stylistic features of business English contracts, can bring formality, concision, objectiveness, accuracy and coherence to the contracts.
29、In the United States, however, bowing or any type of submissive body posture is particularly irritating, for it tends to connote undue formality, aristocracy, and a nonverbal denial of egalitarianism.
