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
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
Dr Brandenburg explains that in Germany there is no formal system for creating a coalition.
From BBC • Sep. 28, 2021
The revelation is that corporate America is built less on a formal system of laws and rules and norms than on an elaborate and expensive set of mechanisms for getting around that formal system.
From Slate • Mar. 29, 2018
He thinks that the less formal system at Oxford might have suited my brother better.
From The Life of Sir James Fitzjames Stephen, Bart., K.C.S.I. A Judge of the High Court of Justice by Stephen, Leslie, Sir
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