formal arrangement

collocation in English

meaningsofformalandarrangement

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formal
adjective
uk
/ˈfɔː.məl/us
/ˈfɔːr.məl/
public ...
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arrangement
noun
uk
/əˈreɪndʒ.mənt/us
/əˈreɪndʒ.mənt/
a plan for how something ...
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(Definition offormalandarrangementfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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I would prefer to avoid any tooformalarrangement.
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The forces are in regular contact, and noformalarrangementfor liaison has been made or is necessary.
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What is theformalarrangementfor accepting them and for ensuring their competence in the classrooms of our secondary schools?
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What about people who undertake a touring holiday and simply have noformalarrangementfor proving that holiday?
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It should be a formal matter; it is aformalarrangementwhich is part of the regime for young offenders.
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As a matter of fact, there was noformalarrangementof that kind.
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Under the existing procedure, there is noformalarrangementwith regard to security.
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This arrangement can cover large gangs approximating to the moreformalarrangementor very small groups indeed.
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Pending anyformalarrangementbeing made, military operations must, of course, continue without abatement.
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There is no question that any other lessformalarrangementwill meet the case.
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It is not a veryformalarrangementyet, is it?
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In other words, this makes aformalarrangementinto an informal arrangement.
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It is not an entirely impractical suggestion that someformalarrangementmight be made such as this.
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However, noformalarrangementexists to monitor gene transfer because the consequences of horizonal gene transfer occurring are evaluated in advance when considering all applications for consent.
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Instead, it promised to ensure that the necessary resources to meet the needs of those children would still be supplied to schools, but according to a lessformalarrangement.
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Is there not a hideous danger in the present rigid,formalarrangementunder which they must be met by escorts and arrangements must be made beforehand?
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There are at present in operation informal arrangements among certain suppliers of steel, but there is noformalarrangementin operation apart from sheet steel and tinplate.
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The intervention of the emperor and even of foreign powers ensued, and in 1770 aformalarrangementremoved some of the grievances of the people.
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Informal labor is labor that falls short of being aformalarrangementin law or in practice.
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A courtship may be an informal and private matter between two people or may be a public affair, or aformalarrangementwith family approval.
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