He made his comments after announcing his formal resignation from the commission, effective May 2.

So the formal resignation was not a huge surprise.

They can have my formal resignation, if they want it.

He tendered his formal resignation and was granted a pension of £500 a year.

Without the courtesy of a formal resignation or a simple good-bye, you walked out.

This investigation was dropped in December 2008 as part of a deal that involved his formal resignation.

His formal resignation clears the way for the party's 170-member parliamentary majority to elect a successor within three days.

"This is my formal, written resignation," Spock said, holding up the card.

Lloyd's figures showed 744 formal resignations had been received but the spokesman said the figure should be balanced against its more than 33,000 members.

Papermaster declined the offer and submitted his formal resignation the next day.