pure formality

Pure formality, no doubt, in your case, but there it is.

"She'll have to be questioned as a pure formality."

"A pure formality, of course, and I am sorry to bother you with such petty detail."

"It's all a pure formality, since I'll be seeing you tomorrow at our usual planning session."

But it had been a pure formality.

How will our people have faith in the slogan 'Citizens first' if the opinions of elected members are treated as pure formalities?

I heard them moving across the carpeting to the nest of cushions without waiting for an answer from me, showing the question had been pure formality.

The conditional was pure formality.

Pure formality but they insist.

The order of rotating of the members on the leading position was agreed in advance, so this annual election was a pure formality.

Politburo meetings were pure formalities since all key decisions were made ahead of time by the troika and its supporters.

"A Pure Formality" solves its mystery with an annoying trick ending that is likely to make viewers feel cheated.

"Pure formalities, nothing more.

A Pure Formality (1995)

In theological terms, this means that revelation must recede into the pure formality of the eschatological stance, which corresponds to the Kantian split.

"A Pure Formality" is rated PG-13 (Parents strongly cautioned).

Here is what the official program has to say about "A Pure Formality," for instance: "A police inspector collects literary quotes.

We now understand why the Commission did not consult the trade union organisations before adopting its proposal, contenting itself with the pure formality of an online consultation.

But as "A Pure Formality" goes on, the hope that Mr. Tornatore must be joking vanishes.

A Pure Formality was nominated for a Golden Palm at the 1994 Cannes Film Festival.

However, as a pure formality, Ustinov's screenplay had to be submitted to the Turkish Film Censorship Committee.

Una pura formalità (aka A Pure Formality) as Inspector (1994)

From time to time the pilot came forward to check the course, though it was a pure formality, as there was nothing he need do until the voyage was nearly over.

Vague criticisms are formulated as a pure formality but, apart from that, it seems as if we have to accept the accession of Turkey as a fait accompli.

"Technically a country that signs or votes for the adoption of a treaty is not bound by it until it ratifies it, which in many countries is a pure formality," he said.