Thus, this stage marks the beginning of the transition from the informal to formal channels of the organization.

"If we can get the money moving through formal channels, that would mean greater savings and more credit for these people."

What followed were a series of meetings that took place outside formal diplomatic channels.

Neither side, however, has moved publicly to open any formal channels of communication.

That I did not have the time to arrange for passage by going through the formal channels.

"In the future, my communications with the public and the markets will be entirely through regular and formal channels."

Writers who submit material through formal channels, for example, through an agent, are asked to sign release forms.

We cannot use formal diplomatic channels because all whites and Asians have been expelled from the country.

Where available, they may use formal channels such as banks and money transfer services.

If an analyst requested information from another agency, that request traveled through elaborate formal channels.