formal policy

collocation in English

meaningsofformalandpolicy

These words are often used together. Click on the links below to explore the meanings. Or,see other collocations withpolicy.
formal
adjective
uk
/ˈfɔː.məl/us
/ˈfɔːr.məl/
public ...
See more atformal
policy
noun[C]
uk
/ˈpɒl.ə.si/us
/ˈpɑː.lə.si/
a set of ideas or a plan of what to do in particular situations that has been agreed to officially by a group of people, a business organization, a government, or a ...
See more atpolicy

(Definition offormalandpolicyfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofformal policy

These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors.
Moreover,formalpolicydiscourses need to find their way into formal and informal domains if they are to challenge historically constituted practices.
From theCambridge English Corpus
Multistranded, formal consultative structures and\\or lessformalpolicynetworks and various forms of ' embeddedness ' should play a role in the most promising cases.
From theCambridge English Corpus
Frequently the onlyformalpolicyis a statement from the government or from prominent professional bodies.
From theCambridge English Corpus
Theformalpolicyprocess fed by (scientific) evidence threatens to remain locked up in streams of government reports and policy discourses.
From theCambridge English Corpus
The issue of evidence for decision-making, includingformalpolicy-making and public health policy, has increased rapidly in prominence during the past few years.
From theCambridge English Corpus
Table 3 indicates which countries haveformalpolicyin each of the eight areas and the type of policy.
From theCambridge English Corpus
In light of this, it is striking thatformalpolicydocuments emphasize the rational underpinning of decisions.
From theCambridge English Corpus
Formalpolicyfails to draw upon the repertoire of personal skills of those concerned in health care, and their experience, imagination, and intuition.
From theCambridge English Corpus
As we shall see, the documentary evidence makes it clear that it was neverformalpolicyto 'draw a sponge' over war criminals either before or after 1948.
From theCambridge English Corpus
There is, of course, a significant difference between a statement of commitment to racial equality and the introduction of aformalpolicyand procedures to achieve that end.
From theCambridge English Corpus
The immigration and nationality department is fully committed to a policy of nondiscrimination and published aformalpolicystatement on race relations in 1988.
From the
Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
The authority has informed me that aformalpolicyand statement of principles have now been agreed and that the detailed procedures are being finalised.
From the
Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
That is not just aformalpolicywhich we state and re-state.
From the
Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
That is just aformalpolicywhich we state and restate.
From the
Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
His failure to do so makes it apparent that he agrees that this is theformalpolicyof his party at present.
From the
Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
There is noformalpolicyguidance on this issue.
From the
Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
It has a publishedformalpolicystatement and the message is reinforced with staff through training so that the principle of non-discrimation is, in fact, a practice too.
From the
Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
It is not always easy to articulate such reasons in aformalpolicy, especially for a smaller business that does not have a sophisticated human resources department.
From the
Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors.
Want to learn more?
Go to the definition offormal
Go to the definition ofpolicy
See other collocations withpolicy