formal
Example Sentences
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Shared care is a formal arrangement in which a specialist starts treatment and a GP takes over ongoing prescribing.
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The picture is a mix of the friendly and the formal, taken on the first day of the state visit to Italy, when the couple were celebrating their 20th wedding anniversary.
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The document indicates the formal commercial arrangement was drawn up to deal with potential mismatches or "discrepancies" and where Fujitsu's system was responsible, it was expected to correct false transactions or pay "liquidation damages".
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"It's been a whole series of emails and phone calls, a lot of correspondence and formal recorded delivery letters," she said.
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They said this was important "to understand why a formal referral has not been made".
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