(1) Social interaction is governed by norms emphasizing respect and formality and marking age, gender, status, and class differences.

(2) Here, one must maintain discipline, proper etiquette, and formality .

(3) He bowed to her, in the distant formality of the rich, and then laughed as his hand caught on his sword, spoiling the movement.

(4) On the other hand, expressions must have a minimal formality in order to be understandable at all.

(5) Her saying no was just a formality, and both of them knew it

(6) Promotion looks a formality

(7) Do we not sense a paradox here, in such procedural sameness and rigid formality applied to nature's bounteous diversity?

(8) For Vera and her family, tea consoles; for the Wells and their set, it's a ceremony, observed like everything else, with rigid formality .

(9) They were also the evolutionary years that bridged the gap between the rigid formality of the Edwardian styles and the ultimate changes that led to the knee-length dresses of 1926.

(10) While this move was presented by Swapo as a procedural formality , observers agreed that it reflected strong internal differences.

(11) And typically, these committee questionnaires are really a formality .

(12) The question was merely a formality ; the answer was obvious.

(13) However, the general pattern of double dependence on social status and formality is maintained.

(14) With disconcerting formality, the brothers shook hands

(15) There are no traditional rules or rigid formality or fairy tale settings involving tormented love between a man and woman.

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(17) Rigid self-control went hand-in-hand with a precise and exacting formality .

(18) Shirley was always disturbed by the formality he displayed in front of her brother, though she said nothing of it.

(19) He retained the formality of his social background

(20) It was, in my case, mainly a formality, but a formality that raised important questions that I promised myself I would revisit someday.