Since no formal Polish state existed, there was no Polish army to fight for the national cause.

He says Mary's Field uses no formal state or organized funding like United Way.

It voted to continue a formal state of emergency in the island for another month.

It is also a testament to the formal state of war that still exists.

It was neither a completely informal t"ete-a-tete, nor a completely formal state audience.

Julien was here, then, in formal state.

Betrothal (also called espousal) is a formal state of engagement to be married.

For many legislators, a formal one-party state seemed unnecessary.

As a result there is no formal intermediate, but rather a chair-like transition state.

Israel and Syria will remain in the same formal state of war that has gripped them for 50 years.