1.   But any more fundamental change, which would constitute the ultimate formal recognition of their new identity, is to be denied.

2.   Moscow was delighted, seeing formal recognition of its sphere of influence.

3.   During the Bundestag debate, German Chancellor Helmut Kohl said that the friendship treaty represented a formal recognition of the German minority in Poland.

4.   Future plans for the Sciences will also involve negotiations with appropriate bodies regarding formal recognition of the new provision.

5.   And ballroom dancing took another two-step toward the Games by getting formal recognition as a sport, along with rugby and surfing.

6.   Blumenthal has repeatedly voiced opposition to formal recognition, last month urging the Interior Department, which decides the matter, to postpone its decision.

7.   A state funeral in the former imperial capital of St. Petersburg, in effect a formal recognition of the monarchy after eight decades?

8.   Albright approved a modest joint statement on U.S.-Mongolian relations that the government here had sought as a formal recognition of American interest and support.

9.   Brown makes no secret that he wants formal recognition.