He was well known to the security guard but - this being Switzerland - there were still the usual formalities to be completed.

The usual formalities due to a commanding general would have to be organised quickly.

He finished his draft with all the usual formalities and then called Luckhurst to make the fair copy.

I then had to go through the usual formalities, as I was alone to attend to everything.

Then came the usual formalities, and the members began to melt away.

The rest of the usual formalities attendant to such a meeting were also missing.

"This is the Captain," he said, without the usual formalities of an all-hands announcement.

Vlady finally asked when they'd done with the usual formalities and preliminaries.

"We'll consider it sealed without the usual formality," Atticus said, when he saw me preparing to spit.

The founder of the unit, still known only by his first name, Yochay, envisioned a small, flexible team, free from the usual military formalities.