But will this December s vote be a mere formality? Experience teaches us to be prudent.

5.4 The author argues that in any event the appointment of a process agent is a mere formality.

Appraisal mechanisms in the services sector are nothing new. The key to having these appraisal mechanisms play an effective role is to have more effective supervision, rather than being a mere formality.

Raisman hugged her gently as they awaited the final score a mere formality and tears appeared around Biles' glittery red, white and blue eyeliner when the vision she once wrote in a scrapbook became a reality.

Informing the wider United Nations membership about the work of the Council, it was pointed out, should be viewed as an obligation, rather than as a mere formality, especially when the Council considered matters affecting all Member States.

This formality may frustrate the legitimate expectations of the other parties.

Withdrawal must not be seen as a practical formality that was without consequences.

The written form requirement is for many a formality that is no longer justified.

Yet there remained unfortunate tendencies towards formality, reading prepared statements, and repeating what had already been said.

First, coordination among agencies is almost non existent the said Council is more a formality than a coordinating mechanism.

This structure has been established and exists as a formality in order to comply with the requests from leaders of local clans.

The literal application of the New York Convention and the MAL may, because of a formality, frustrate the legitimate expectations of the parties.

However, it may still be considered that the formality of the act has a role to play in determining the intent of its author.

You are no longer a mere child.

It is more than a mere concern.

And they say Lo! this is mere magic

And they say Lo! this is mere magic

These are only words from a mere mortal .

These are only words from a mere mortal .

Such licensing should go beyond mere export authorization.

Unless we thoroughly reform the working methods of the Security Council, we will not be carrying out Council reform but a mere expansion, a mere adjustment.

Okay, I cheated, it was a mere 20 seconds.

The mere thought of a snake makes me shiver.

Leopards have plummeted from 700,000 down to a mere 50,000.

I'm not a real fish, I'm just a mere plushy.

He managed to do it in a mere 1,400 minutes.

this is nothing but the word of a mere mortal!

this is nothing but the word of a mere mortal!

Created man, out of a (mere) clot of congealed blood

Created man, out of a (mere) clot of congealed blood

Ours is not a statement of rhetoric or mere protocol.

The draft resolution was baseless and a mere political device.

Without effective participation, indigenous communities are reduced to mere objects.

It must never become a mere ornament on the international scene.

The rule of law as a mere concept is not enough.

and a mere mortal like us. We think you are a liar.

They only follow mere conjecture which can never sufficiently replace the Truth.

and a mere mortal like us. We think you are a liar.

They only follow mere conjecture which can never sufficiently replace the Truth.

Think about it, a lie has no power whatsoever by its mere utterance.

Without available resources for implementation, development plans are reduced to mere wish lists.

Mere observation of the record suggests that it is in fact a summary.

We cannot afford to be mere observers we must become effective decision makers.

She suggested that there was a need to rethink the format and presentation of the reports of mandate holders in order to ensure that they remained of high quality and were not curtailed for reasons of bureaucratic formality.

However, these sex robots are not a mere fetish or just another sex toy.