adverb
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ VERB
abandon
▪ But neither should it be formally abandoned until a more persuasive case could be made for doing so.
▪ As a result, in the 1987 Budget, the growth target for M3 was formally abandoned.
▪ At the congress the party formally abandoned its Marxist-Leninist ideology and endorsed a multiparty democratic system.
▪ It is not clear, he said, whether the review will formally abandon the policy or simply ignore it.
▪ Marx clearly did not formally abandon this schema even in his later writings.
▪ The project was formally abandoned on June 6.
acknowledge
▪ All donations will be formally acknowledged by the Honorary Treasurer and should of course be in favour of the Association.
▪ Few organizations however formally acknowledge it, or deliberately try to develop the coaching role.
adopt
▪ But Kurzlinger had formally adopted him as such.
▪ In cases where a young child was formally adopted by a family, visits were usually discontinued.
▪ Its constitution was formally adopted in late 1997, following ratification by the parliaments of its member states.4??
announce
▪ A couple may begin living together or formally announce their engagement.
▪ The break between the Alley company and the academy was formally announced the following month, in July.
▪ Lech Walesa, chairman of the Solidarity trade union, had formally announced his candidacy on Sept. 17.
▪ Now, Hashimoto has formed his own Cabinet, with the names of the members to be formally announced tonight.
▪ The magazine publisher will formally announce his withdrawal in Washington Thursday.
appoint
▪ A new Cabinet was formally appointed on May 16.
▪ Yevgeny Shaposhnikov was formally appointed as C.-in-C.
▪ On 13 March 1990 Winchester was formally appointed as appointed representative of Norwich Union by a letter of that date.
approve
▪ The split was formally approved at an extraordinary congress in Prague on Feb. 23.
▪ That part of the debate should come to a head in December, when commissioners are scheduled to formally approve the projects.
▪ Aglen refused to allow his officers to collect these duties until they had been formally approved.
▪ These were formally approved by the Bar Council in July.
▪ If the proposal is acceptable supervisory arrangements are made before the candidate's application is formally approved.
▪ Ensure that modified software is formally approved before the modification operation is recognised as complete.
ask
▪ In 1182, he asked formally for pardon, prostrating himself before Barbarossa.
▪ In another development that does not augur well for transatlantic trade, Zoellick formally asked the U.S.
charge
▪ Hicks was formally charged on Dec. 1.
declare
▪ Although he had never formally declared his candidacy, the Texan billionaire had been campaigning intensively since March.
end
▪ It is the first of several accords that are expected to culminate in a peace treaty to formally end the Chiapas conflict.
endorse
▪ The agreement was formally endorsed by Reichsbahn workers on Dec. 2.
▪ While he came closer to a compromise Sunday than in the past, he still refused to formally endorse Dole.
establish
▪ During the time of Sigmar these chieftains became counts and the boundaries of their realms were formally established.
▪ The audit committee should be formally established as a sub-committee accountable to the board, and the board should appoint its members.
▪ A more formally established lunar mission steering group was convened at Langley during 1960.
identify
▪ Voice over Mrs Garvey's uncle Richard Moore, who formally identified the bodies, attended the inquest.
▪ The woman's body was formally identified today.
inaugurate
▪ The faction was formally inaugurated on Dec. 18.
introduce
▪ Programme budgeting was never formally introduced by the government.
▪ Toledo, 49, will be formally introduced at a news conference today.
know
▪ He belongs to the family Salicaceae and is formally known as Populus alba.
▪ To be known formally as Italiana Trasporti Ferroviaria, this organisation is potentially profitable.
launch
▪ It has been considerably delayed, and it is now expected to be launched formally in the autumn.
notify
▪ He said Congress will be formally notified of the plan.
▪ However, the league has not been notified formally or informally that Johnson is indeed returning.
▪ Smith has not yet been formally notified of the Army's findings.
open
▪ Maclean of Treshnish arrived the day before the moid was formally opened.
▪ The completed trail will be formally opened next July.
▪ Princess Alexandra will formally open the unit on June 4.
▪ After extensive renovation, Chiswick House was opened formally by the Duke of Devonshire to the public, in 1958.
present
▪ His policy plan will also be formally presented and debated at the conference.
▪ The following year she was formally presented at Court.
recognised
▪ She deserves to be treated with respect and sensitivity, and to be formally recognised.
▪ Now, however, they are being formally recognised as mild, but genuine, variations of full-blown psychosis.
recognize
▪ Nevertheless, both provide the opportunity for such attainments to be formally recognized.
▪ Kennedy formally recognized a new provisional government on the seventh, a mere two weeks before he himself was murdered.
▪ In 2009, the unwaged work of women was formally recognized, along with their double-day burden.
request
▪ Not until Monday did Fukui Prefecture formally request the military to intervene, according to the timetable prepared by Mikuni officials.
resign
▪ Chatichai initiated the reshuffle on Dec. 8 by formally resigning as Prime Minister.
▪ They still want Dini to formally resign ahead of the debate.
▪ In 1181 Arnulf formally resigned his bishopric and retired to the monastery of St Victor in Paris.
set
▪ Now, the Lennox claim was formally set aside.
withdraw
▪ On Dec. 29 Eitan's right-wing nationalist Tsomet Party formally withdrew from the ruling coalition.
▪ On Saturday, the joint chiefs met with Arteaga and formally withdrew support from Bucaram.
▪ In October a former Minister, Charles Fiterman, withdrew formally from conference preparations, complaining about lack of internal democracy.
▪ Paul Tsongas, who had formally withdrawn from the contest, polled 12, 8 and 10 percent respectively.
▪ The originals were never formally withdrawn, but have been out of stock for some time.
▪ Jovic formally withdrew his resignation at the next meeting of the Federal Presidency on March 21.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
▪ Mr. Takaki bowed formally to each guest in turn.
▪ Taiwan formally calls itself the Republic of China.
▪ The drug has been formally approved to treat chicken pox.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ Although it has government backing, the fund is formally private.
▪ Although they were dressed formally in dark suits, both men were wearing heavy rubber boots in deference to winter.
▪ He said Congress will be formally notified of the plan.
▪ Nevertheless, both provide the opportunity for such attainments to be formally recognized.
▪ The faction was formally inaugurated on Dec. 18.
▪ The old San Siro stadium, now formally called Giuseppe Meazza, became an all-seater arena holding 85,000 people.