Thus the degree of formality or informality, in a schematic sense, moves in a continuum. |
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This swish brasserie matches the five-star credentials of the Balmoral hotel, but adds a delightful whiff of informality. |
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By contrast, in the Orthodox Liturgy, there is an air of reverence, as well as an atmosphere of informality. |
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After all, it's America that is the young country, the republic, the land of informality and classlessness. |
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He was well known for his unstuffy approach and informality, which was reflected in the funeral arrangements. |
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There is a laid-back informality to the food, which is mostly served in traditional Spanish baked clay bowls. |
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Though I am not sure Mr Blahnik altogether approves of that kind of informality. |
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The formal references made by this stood in stark contrast to Rhode's relative casualness and the informality of his performance. |
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The word's warm informality also makes it usable as what might be called an adverbial noun, modified by an adjective. |
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She also wanted to keep something of the informality of the original gouaches. |
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The watchword here was informality, with the pair linking skits and sketches in an amiable, easy-going manner. |
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The informality of the evening was reflected in the presence of Barney, the president's black Scottish terrier. |
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Such moments set the tenor for the place, where a sense of old-fashioned decorum co-exists with informality. |
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So she used earthy language and tore off her wig, startling the other members of the court with her informality. |
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Mrs Cameron's only concession to her usual relaxed informality was a striped Breton shirt. |
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Packing for a bareboat charter is made even easier by Australia's famous informality. |
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The comfortable seats are upholstered with a dark green mohair that enhances the feeling of informality. |
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I'm trying to be a lot more conversational than dictatorial, and this informality leads to these kind of slips. |
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Like the loosening of a necktie, it signaled a relaxation into informality at the end of a meal. |
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We should not mistake informality for inefficiency, or naturalness for sloppiness. |
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So far Harry's tour of the Caribbean has been a riot of informality with booze, boogies and broken-down boats a-plenty. |
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Never confuse natural informality with a license for laxity. |
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Modern armed forces uniforms utilize synthetic materials, nonseasonal schemes, and increased informality, doffing the coat and tie for open-collar casualness. |
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Their accounts also coincide with respect to Argentines? untimeliness and a certain informality that appears to be a defining facet of porteños. |
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Writer visits Khomeini's tomb, a large, splendorous place of unusual informality. |
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What he's looking for in a bona fide getaway place is fun, informality, joy, whimsy, self-expression, magnificent land, views and an opportunity for magical experiences. |
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Any attempts to lead the judge into informality, personal approaches, familiarity, small talk, or jocularity, must be rigorously avoided. |
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Yet are these sorts of descriptions guilty of relegating Mumbai to a dystopian world of congestion, informality and lack of development? |
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The owners' home sits between the two cottages, and their cheerful informality and warmth have a great deal to do with the relaxed intimacy. |
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But over time he says he has learned to appreciate the British informality, the less rigid hierarchies – particularly in academia. |
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The informality characteristic of employee relations in SMEs does not encourage equality. |
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This would result in a significant increase in their size, thereby losing the advantages of flexibility and informality. |
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The informality and voluntary nature of drop-in clients should be encouraged. |
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A hallmark of most of these processes is their informality, whether through information sharing, joint problem solving or joint operations. |
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Unfair tax regimes and bribe-seeking officials fuel inequality and increase informality, both of which are associated with crime. |
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This informality remains one of its strongest features, according to board members, but it was also recognized as a problem as well. |
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With regard to the Financing for Development Committee, the stress should be on informality and real dialogue. |
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Lady Rachel also injected a touch of informality to the somewhat formal layout by planting drifts of daffodils and allowing them to naturalise in the long grass. |
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It may've gone through a few overhauls since, but is essentially the same language that Shakespeare spoke, even with all our informality and slanginess these days. |
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The government defended its decision by pointing to the virtues of informality and expeditiousness, plus full investigatory rather than adjudicatory powers. |
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However, the author argues that the informality and amorphousness of these networks makes it difficult to account for, and engage with, the formal aspects of politics. |
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What voters want from their off-duty male politicians is state-of-the-art blokey informality, a look that speaks of the golf clubhouse rather than the chamber. |
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The occupance of flaming is attributed to the absence of cues to social hierarchical position, to the formality or informality of the communication. |
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But, Hadrian later dismissed Suetonius for the latter's allegedly excessive informality with the empress Sabina. |
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It was perhaps this fundamental insecurity, this need for a facade despite their informality which was expressed by the young policewoman with the very beautiful blue eyes directing traffic on a crossroads of Dizengoff. |
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Yet, given the significant productivity advantage held by formal firms, the inability to compete may reflect an unwillingness to serve some parts of the market rather than the cost advantages offered by informality. |
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They also need to focus their support for private sector development in developing countries by creating the conditions to reduce informality and change the composition of the private sector ecosystem. |
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Difficulties in access to land and the informality of land tenure were recognized as major problems, particularly in post-war situations, which in turn lead to social conflicts. |
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We got to a point where informality and transgression came to an extreme. |
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It has already been seen that so much of the contractual relationship depends upon trust, informality and the ability to discuss and resolve openly any difficulties which arise. |
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In the second intermezzo a wistfully melancholy matrix of flowing notes veils a delicate tune which mixes the poise of a minuet with the informality of a quiet conversation. |
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Tax compliance imposes a heavy burden on businesses in terms of time and so has the potential to be a disincentive to investment and may be a major factor that encourages informality. |
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Not only are institutions and decision-making processes opaque given the high degree of informality and so-called soft coordination which seeks to impose certain principles and logics of economic policy making. |
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The royal walkabout was the Queen Mother's invention and its informality has helped to make the Royal Family more approachable by bringing them closer to the public. |
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Although there is a temptation to idealize formal employment, it must be recognized that decent work lies in having some informality, with security safeguards. |
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The system is unorganized and is characterized by its informality. |
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While the formal economy might have been expanding relative to the informal economy in 2000, by 2006 this process had been reversed with growing informality. |
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Anglicanism, it thinks it can win errant sheep back to the fold with entertainment, comfy chairs, informality and glued-on gleefulness at our wondrous world. |
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