Examples of 'only formally' in a sentence

Meaning of "only formally"

only formally - Implies that something is done in a perfunctory or superficial manner, often as a matter of procedure or etiquette

How to use "only formally" in a sentence

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only formally
Though natsumeisensei is only formally appointed next week.
The preliminary criminal investigation was carried out only formally.
Its organizations exist only formally at many enterprises.
Only formally correct applications completed according to the regulations are accepted.
He was sentenced to death and an investigation examined the case only formally.
Not only formally.
The Committee considers this commitment to be only formally fulfilled.
But only formally.
This is difficult to realize through a programme which is only formally adopted by the EC.
They should not approach compliance only formally but rather strive for effective enforcement proactively.
This is difficult to realise through a programme which is only formally adopted by the EC.
The Inquisition was only formally abolished in the early nineteenth century.
Van Berkel explains that the outer regions recognised the caliph only formally.
Nazi Germany was only formally a democracy.
The UILO only formally tracks inventions when we become involved in protecting or commercialising them.

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They are known by the Bosnian term OBNOVA and only formally combined.
Only formally do Christians accept Jesus as their master.
Christianity is the only formally organised religion on Fair Isle.
The Donbass is in Ukraine only formally.
The House of Lords had only formally recognised the subject recently.
With circulation, the determined price is presupposed, and circulation as money posits it only formally.
Therefore, this undertaking is only formally fulfilled.
These, however, only formally involve civil society in the monitoring of FTAs already in existence.
Therefore, the undertaking is only formally fulfilled.
It was only formally active during the Liberation of Paris, when it was officially proscribed.
It 's been formally accepted by the West but only formally.
The only formally described genus in the clade is Rozella, which was previously considered a chytrid.
The ECSC operational budget acknowledges the principle of specification, but only formally.
They are, however, not the only formally adopted action instrument available under the CMS.
It has been known under a number of different names and was only formally described in 2001.
However, the HSC only formally established the communicators ' network and preparedness working group.
It stems from the awareness that women are only formally " subjects with rights . ".
MPs ' votes are only formally counted if an MP claims a division.
Bolko III and Henry remained as co-Dukes of Opole, but only formally.
However, it was only formally published.
Jews were only formally readmitted to the peninsula in the late 19th century.
This is the original center of Reichenau monastery, which only formally disbanded in 1757.
But the rule only formally took effect on July 21st this year.
AAPOR had over a 12-year period only formally censured two other individuals.
The group only formally released one track, titled " Awakening, " on the Underworld soundtrack.
Online gambling was only formally legalised in Portugal in 2015.
France only formally ceded its rights in these counties in 1258.
Approval by the Commission is only formally required for agri-environment measures under paragraph 1 ( a ) ( v ).
The government only formally granted permission for the play to be performed on 24 November 1995.
This agreement was only formally recognised as valid by the Emperor Maximilian I in 1517.

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