11.   Formal invitations should go out a month in advance.

12.   He introduced Perez to a young woman, who he said would arrange the formal invitation for him to leave.

13.   Hiroshima, in turn, apparently was counseled by Japanese government officials not to risk an open snub by extending a formal invitation.

14.   Masire said he is awaiting a formal invitation from Kabila.

15.   Never mind the lack of a formal invitation.

16.   The former mayor said he had sent his formal invitation to the mayor and his wife, Donna Hanover.

17.   The Jackson delegation received a formal invitation to visit their religious counterparts in Yugoslavia.

18.   The NFL owners will meet again in October in New York, but so far no formal invitation has been presented for Los Angeles to pitch its plan.

19.   These meetings are usually the first formal invitation parents or guardians receive to talk to the teacher.

20.   To issue a formal invitation, Hiraoka said, the city would have had to negotiate through the Japanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs.