formal system
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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It is still too early to say whether there will be a more formal system for ships to seek guidance on whether they can cross the Strait of Hormuz, maritime analysts said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 17, 2026
The Korean National Police Agency established a formal system of investigative cooperation with Telegram in October 2024, enabling the platform to officially provide authorities with relevant information.
From BBC ● Nov. 24, 2025
In a separate motion, which also passed unanimously, Park called for establishing a formal system in which DWP provides the L.A.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 14, 2025
The importance of this rediscovery of Aristotle is that his work on logic offered a formal system for evaluating complicated bodies of work like the Christian Bible itself.
From Textbooks ● Jan. 1, 2020
The first is the Roman art itself, prolonged in a languid and degraded condition, and becoming at last a mere formal system, centered at the feet of Eastern empire, and thence generally called Byzantine.
From Giotto and his works in Padua An Explanatory Notice of the Series of Woodcuts Executed for the Arundel Society After the Frescoes in the Arena Chapel by John Ruskin
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