formal constraint
collocation in Englishmeaningsofformalandconstraint
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formal
adjective
uk/ˈfɔː.məl/us/ˈfɔːr.məl/
public ...
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constraint
noun
uk/kənˈstreɪnt/us/kənˈstreɪnt/
something that controls what you do by keeping you within ...
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(Definition offormalandconstraintfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
Examplesofformal constraint
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Formal constraints stemming from a semantic correlation between atelicity and low transitivity (either derived or inherent) can be found in other languages as well.
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They sought to experiment with formal constraints imposed on the production of literature.
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Certainly its dimensions tend to overpower formal constraints.
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Formal constraints, both textual and musical, yielded to affect.
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Formal constraints should be associated with all possible minimum requirements.
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To show that ends are not all there is to ethics because we need formal constraints is much more complicated; but it can be done.
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Certainly her poem is more felicitous than the bulk of her prose writings, and she displays a rare virtuosity with the formal constraints of her selected meter.
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More importantly, the possibilities for locating the massing element are open to mixedinitiative specification by the user's action on a visual feature node or through the resolution of formal constraints.
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The writer of "gushi" was under no formal constraints other than line length and rhyme (in every second line).
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Singers must display their superior knowledge in the topic, while adhering to a number of formal constraints.
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Although her poetry is hard-hitting in addressing contemporary themes, her work often makes use of strong formal constraints, including traditional poetic forms.
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He helped to make it artistically respected again, throwing off the formal constraints of the former generation, and turning our attention once more to language, theatrical rhetoric, and emotional intensity.
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