formal proceedings

collocation in English

meaningsofformalandproceedings

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formal
adjective
uk
/ˈfɔː.məl/us
/ˈfɔːr.məl/
public ...
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proceedings
noun[plural]
uk
/prəˈsiː.dɪŋz/us
/proʊˈsiː.dɪŋz/
a series of events that happen in a planned and ...
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(Definition offormalandproceedingsfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Neither do the data indicate the volume of investigative and advisory work that did not lead toformalproceedings.
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More specifically, it can always pre-empt national actions by opening its ownformalproceedings.
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The owner, however, did not consider the price offered sufficient, andformalproceedingsfor sale were not instituted.
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In theformalproceedingsof the youth court, young offenders and their parents often fail fully to understand what is happening.
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The more that can be done to prevent the need forformalproceedings, the more effective the system will be.
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We may well begin to talk about it before then, butformalproceedingscannot start until after ratification.
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Formalproceedingswere only instituted on 5th instant, and up to the present 95 purchase agreements have been lodged.
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It has not startedformalproceedingsin any other case.
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In the circumstances the owner did not instituteformalproceedingsfor sale.
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They would prevent a tenant from qualifying where a landlord had begunformalproceedingsfor possession, even when no court order had been made.
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Theformalproceedingsas far as we are concerned for the transacting of business began at 2.30 this afternoon.
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Formalproceedingshave not been instituted.
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It has suggested that clear-up rates can be affected significantly by the extent to which offences are taken into consideration or otherwise disposed of withoutformalproceedings.
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It refers toformalproceedings.
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Inevitably the timing and nature of further,formalproceedingsto elaborate the commission's proposals will depend to some degree on the extent of prior agreement on principles.
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First, there are the day-to-day relations at work, whether on the shop floor or elsewhere; and, secondly, there are the moreformalproceedingsat various levels.
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Jopson focuses on faces and hands, capturing the joy that surged through what were often strangelyformalproceedings.
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Formalproceedingsare often followed by presentations by visiting speakers on conservation- or heritage-related topics.
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This is an informality and is only used within social context and never informalproceedings.
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Interspersed between theformalproceedingsare frequent sessions of spontaneous singing of favorite hymns.
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