1.  The principal advantage of such a requirement is that it signals, in a formal way, that the procedure is under way.

2.  But, after a morning skate, he seemed approachable and cooperative in an almost formal way, replying to questions with pleasant, measured answers.

3.  He does believe the president will finish his term, most likely after being rebuked in some formal way.

4.  In expansive conversation, he comes across as friendly in a formal way, thoughtful, highly cultured and eminently humane.

5.  Joel and Susan Lewin have never needed a formal way to commemorate the Holocaust.

6.  Lewis said donors will be recognized in some formal way during the festivities.

7.  Most people say they are happy to bequeath their organs after death, but far fewer make these wishes known in a formal way.

8.  Police officers are not normally allowed to infiltrate suspicious organizations, to conduct wiretaps, to conduct sting operations or even to plea-bargain in any formal way.

9.  They had not yet begun to discuss and negotiate, in any formal way, who might join this executive, diplomats and delegates said.