Even so, I'm sure you know there are certain formalities that would be observed.

There were certain formalities to be gone through, of course, yes, but that was all.

It's just that if you were to become legal citizens, certain formalities would have to be observed.

As a result, there is a certain formality to this production.

Here there are codes of respect, a certain formality and tradition.

Let's take care of certain formalities before we go any further.

There's a lot more we need to know, and there are certain formalities, procedures to be followed.

They reveal a "certain formality" to the text and focus our attention.

"There are certain formalities to be gone through, and he may have some business to conduct."

After certain necessary formalities, I was allowed to bring him away.