...What possible reason could there be for refusing them? A mere formality... 
Rafael Sabatini 「Scaramouche」
... “If he does, I send the woman to Paris to-night and have him hanged as a spy in this prison yard without further formality or trial...
Baroness Emmuska Orczy 「The Elusive Pimpernel」
...The whole thing is a simple formality to which the Englishman has already intimated his readiness to submit...
Baroness Emmuska Orczy 「The Elusive Pimpernel」
...He walked in with a brisk step,eyed Charles up and down, and then, without much formality, askedfor what he was wanted...
Grant Allen 「An African Millionaire」
...A man who is already married, and then marries again, goes througha formality, if it may be so called, similar to that of a first marriage...
Robert W. Williamson 「The Mafulu」
...She bowed with pretty formality, and Von Kettler saluted her with anairy wave of the hand...
Various 「Astounding Stories of Super-Science, October, 1930」
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