More bureaucratic formalities need to be completed before the construction begins.

When do free speech and bureaucratic formalities cross the line?

West Germans were able to cross the border relatively freely to visit relatives, but had to go through numerous bureaucratic formalities.

Officials are worried only about following bureaucratic formalities, not the possible costs they are inflicting on business, he said.

But their reluctance to specify is either a bureaucratic formality or a tactical deceit.

Even in France, where bureaucratic formality approaches the level of art, they don't salute before they arrest you.

All German officers were required to obtain official permission to marry; however, this was usually a bureaucratic formality.

"Both need a different, less onerous and less bureaucratic formality in order to survive."

They had to go through numerous bureaucratic formalities imposed by the East German government.

Extradition has now been reduced to a mere bureaucratic formality.