formal process

collocation in English

meaningsofformalandprocess

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formal
adjective
uk
/ˈfɔː.məl/us
/ˈfɔːr.məl/
public ...
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process
noun[C]
uk
/ˈprəʊ.ses/us
/ˈprɑː.ses/
a series of actions that you take in order to achieve ...
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(Definition offormalandprocessfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofformal process

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Each actor has to develop and master his/her own individualformalprocess.
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Minimalism represents sentences as symbolic structures resulting from aformalprocessof syntactic derivation.
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This improvement, however, has occurred without establishing anyformalprocess.
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Partners also recommended establishing aformalprocesswith clearly established parameters that would ensure that all issues are addressed.
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There is no suggestion that anyformalprocesshad preceded the scholar's declamation.
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Nonetheless, a strike is legal only if it conforms to certain strict procedures once theformalprocessof collective bargaining has begun.
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These are two of the most compelling interests in all of medicine, and that necessitates aformalprocesswith inherent assurances of fairness.
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Aformalprocesswas applied to build a conceptual model of the mechanism that drives technology diffusion.
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Aformalprocessplanning schema for shop floor control.
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Similar to the requirements of a frequentist analysis, what is required is aformalprocessof elicitation that is documented and justified before the study starts.
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The fact that statutes are the result of aformalprocess, or the product of an institution, or uttered in at-remove contexts does not suffice to ground such a difference.
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It would demean the nursing profession to add the legal distance of an informed consent document andformalprocessto the care they show at the bedside.
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We do not have lots of young people helping in theformalprocessof policy making.
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That triggers aformalprocess, and the application will come to me.
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I do not see a problem in trying to resolve such complaints without having recourse to aformalprocess.
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But theformalprocessof negotiation and the aspiration to take reform forward are clearly not enough.
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There is noformalprocessfor recognition of bodies dealing with local problems.
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In essence, it allows the research proposals to begin theformalprocessof application, which is likely to take at least nine months.
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There is noformalprocessfor appeals against decisions on listing and de-listing, but we will consider fresh evidence at any time.
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It would be very undesirable to set up a newformalprocessof arbitration when market value can be determined by direct means.
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