adjective
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a formal/informal agreement
a relaxed/friendly/informal atmosphere
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Helen's flat has a very relaxed atmosphere.
an informal chat
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Come and see me any time if you want an informal chat about jobs.
an informal/formal interview
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Applicants will normally have an informal interview with the manager.
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One out of every six candidates reached the formal interview.
formal/informal register
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letters written in a formal register
formal/informal
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The letter sounded very formal.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADVERB
more
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They kept the old biblical landmarks alive, but in a more informal and vernacular language.
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Central government can sometimes initiate these rather more informal approaches towards economic and physical renewal.
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In lieu of massive press conferences, he preferred more informal sessions with the media.
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Dressed once more , in lighter, more informal clothes, he went to the telephone table in the lobby.
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Other links between business and local government were more informal .
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Of course, in reality there is a continuum between these and more informal types of conflict.
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But the term was also available for broader or more informal tendencies.
relatively
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Privacy, relatively low costs, expert adjudicators, quick and relatively informal proceedings all make this form of determination quite attractive.
very
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The meetings are very informal and friendly with lots of ideas and challenges.
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It was a very informal dinner.
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This would run counter to the very informal information exchange that gives it meaning in this internal context.
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He may have been conducting a formal press conference in very informal dress at a most abnormal time.
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Tavernas are very informal , simple quality, great fun, and often in the most beautiful settings.
■ NOUN
agreement
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These aspects, if articulated at all, must therefore be governed by informal agreements .
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In fact, the group had reached informal agreement on a range of output that was acceptable.
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The definition is very wide and includes both formal and informal agreements or understandings.
approach
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Central government can sometimes initiate these rather more informal approaches towards economic and physical renewal.
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In instrumental terms there is much to be said for the informal approach .
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These perspectives fall under two main headings - the formal and the informal approaches to organisations.
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Many formal and informal approaches have been instituted to prevent ideas from faltering.
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Conclusion Taken together the formal and the informal approaches almost complete our picture of how to understand organisations.
arrangement
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It is unclear if there are any informal arrangements though the expansion of the Dealerco network would suggest that there are.
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The investigation examines both formal and informal arrangements to identify the type and strength of linkages.
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This informal arrangement may also help you to relax - interviewers get nervous too!
atmosphere
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A particularly friendly, informal atmosphere prevails here and has kept this small hotel popular with Citalia guests over many years.
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The journalists can ask their questions direct and can also air any grievances or problems in an informal atmosphere .
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In short, a pleasant, informal atmosphere .
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It's such a relaxing time of year, and everyone - cook included - welcomes the informal atmosphere .
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Passengers like the informal atmosphere , the excellent visibility and the rapid loading and unloading through the aircraft's five doors.
basis
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The briefings will take place on an informal basis , however, and will not be specific to individual firms.
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Due to lack of time, contact with Churches has only been on an informal basis .
care
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One of the tasks of the project is to develop informal care networks, community, local neighbourhood networks for these people.
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It circles around the idea of the mobilisation of informal care .
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It looked at formal and informal care for elderly people on their own.
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Nevertheless, informal care by families faces considerable pressure at present and this is likely to intensify during the 1990s.
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In Britain in 1986 an estimated 1.3 million carers kept dependants out of institutions, providing some £7.3 billion worth of informal care .
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The implications for those who wish to mobilise modern-style informal care are obvious.
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There are debates about the future supply of informal care by families in future decades.
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Divorce, decreases in family size and the increased labour market participation of women raise questions about future supplies of informal care .
carer
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Improve contacts with informal carers to access services they need.
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Throughout the process any informal carers should be consulted and should be offered their own assessments when appropriate.
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The most likely potential informal carers are other members of the elderly person's household.
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Women informal carers are also likely to be carrying heavier responsibilities than male carers.
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The value of the work undertaken by informal carers is difficult to estimate with precision.
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As with other social groups informal carers are not a homogeneous group.
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This situation is exacerbated by the inadequacy of current social security provision, for both disabled people and informal carers .
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We have also omitted the time of unpaid informal carers and their lost employment opportunities.
chat
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They came, not during committee meetings in Whitehall, but after informal chats at ministers' houses during the Easter holiday.
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Allow a minute or two of informal chat to relax both of you.
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However he has at least promised the bleary-eyed hacks that they can attend an informal chat over breakfast.
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Some channels are obviously dedicated to specific topics, for example, but most are merely informal chat limes.
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It might be an informal chat with some one or it might be a formal meeting with a group of people.
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Although we provided theoretical and practical training in peace-building, the women gained a lot from their informal chats .
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I saw a psychiatrist often during my stay, up to once a day, although the sessions seemed more like informal chats .
contact
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Through informal contacts in 1971 and 1972 and formally in 1972 agreement was reached in principle to amalgamate.
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Contacts between the area staff and the students were not limited to formal classroom work and occasional formally ordained informal contact.
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Ceremony was effectively combined with informal contact .
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At some stage, informal contacts can be very effective.
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The data should preferably be devised by the subordinates 6 Frequent informal contact .
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The other side of press management, depending on informal contacts , is less easy to assess.
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And their informal contact with the king on such occasions was basic to the whole process of government.
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One company, however, had several informal contacts in universities and these contacts would pass on relevant papers and reports.
conversation
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Over 100 interviews were carried out, lasting some 170 hours in all, as well as several shorter, informal conversations .
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I got to eavesdrop on their informal conversations and often attend their presentations or meetings or whatever.
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They even used phrases originally employed by the students themselves in informal conversation .
discussion
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In addition to the informal discussions , corporate planning departments require knowledge of the business environments for their formal roles in the planning process.
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But the abortion issue continued to dominate informal discussions .
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Meanwhile the king held informal discussions with the multitude.
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But the growing pains of the organization rippled through the conference and informal discussions .
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Though he lectured, tutored, and held informal discussions , Smith also found time to serve as dean of faculty.
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During the next year, scientists will evaluate the proposal and begin informal discussions with possible international partners.
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The two apparently had had informal discussions about a deal, but none recently.
economy
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This relates to the discussion earlier on the formal and informal economy .
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Underwire EconomiesThe dark side: the informal economy booms.
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The growth and health of the black and informal economies is one clear evidence of the disincentive effects of taxation.
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This older informal economy now co-exists with the more vibrant drug economy.
group
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Often an informal group will eat lunch near a machine or other work station, even though a canteen is available.
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An informal group of exchange scientists at the North Carolina research center had already attached their annotations.
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Students are encouraged to meet locally in informal groups .
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One tactic she has used is to decide matters outside the formal Cabinet, either in committees or in informal groups .
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Management will be entrepreneurial in a relatively small informal group .
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She is saving for another trip, probably in an informal group of friends.
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Nevertheless, in organizations it is useful to note that there are both formal and informal groups .
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Within the company, even within his or her department, there will be informal groups and informal vying for status.
interview
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As might be expected, there was some dissension during a series of random, informal interviews .
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How, then, can the informal interview be used in sociology in an acceptable way?
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Two particular functions seem to suit the informal interview .
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If a candidate is a newcomer, this might be done by holding an informal interview .
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If you can do this after an informal interview or visit then so much the better.
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The principle methods of investigation will be questionnaires and informal interviews .
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The informal interview , then, is open to question in a number of ways.
meeting
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The worship group had continued to hold informal meetings and a weekly newssheet and coffee had been introduced.
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The Permanent Council will explore the possibility of holding informal meetings on the issues mentioned in the two preceding paragraphs.
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The informal meeting , in Hertfordshire, has now become crucial as the prospect of a trade war heightens.
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It was recognised that in the meantime there would be a number of informal meetings regarding the Partner-in-Residence.
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At the informal meeting I had with and we discussed a procedure for dealing with litter.
network
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Power relationships and relationships within informal networks are vitally important in all child care work.
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To get anything significant done within a large organization, every entrepreneur needs an informal network of allies.
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By this method, we tapped into informal networks of innovators within the organization.
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Downsizing often cut out coordinators, the people most important to these informal networks , leaving them in serious danger of collapse.
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Both formal and informal networks tended to divide into sub-networks and problems arose when these were not brought closely together.
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This type of communication travels on the informal network .
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Many of these needs such as those for friendship, affection and esteem can only be met through informal networks .
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An informal network develops but this is different from the fixed network system described earlier.
organisation
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An informal organisation , in contrast, is loosely structured, flexible and spontaneous.
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With every formal organisation there exists, to a greater or lesser extent, a complex informal organisation.
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These include the formal organisation , the informal organisation and the nature of the environment.
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Those of the informal organisation are generally oral and usually very fast in their operation.
relationship
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Where this kind of space exists, informal relationships need not always subvert formal goals.
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It fit his personal preference to use humor at work and to have warm, informal relationships with his people.
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Alongside the formal structures, a network of informal relationships has grown up at all levels of the organization.
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Most of what I did, the real work, was building alliances, coalitions, informal relationships to get things done.
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While formal management and committee structures require study, informal relationships are also crucially important.
rule
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Group norms and values will act as constraints and even informal rules can be as rigid as formal rules.
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To enforce this group consensus about how much should be produced, there were informal rules .
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Any organisation will have a mixture of formal and informal rules and will allow discretion.
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The group could be very forceful in enforcing its informal rules .
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The abiding informal rules are the meeting of obligations for the rest of the gang.
sector
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Final commodities and services would increasingly be produced in the home in the informal sector of the economy.
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The Right had recognized the informal sector .
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Some of these problems will now be examined, beginning with those facing the informal sector .
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The informal sector More often than not community care means care by families - especially nuclear families.
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However, Griffiths also envisages greater support and encouragement of the voluntary and informal sectors .
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In this way these schemes form a bridge between the formal and informal sectors .
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The informal sector has on occasion generated small businesses and creative enterprises.
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The term informal sector has become widely used.
settlement
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Thereafter a comparison is drawn between informal settlements and the Elandskloof case.
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In general, groups and sub-groups continually form, reform and dissolve within informal settlements .
style
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Diners' delight A clean-cut, lightweight informal style makes this natural rattan furniture an excellent choice for your dining area.
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In particular, it appears that deletion of the verb to be is a property of all dialects in informal style .
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It is crucial to distinguish between formal and informal styles of language before one can compare dialects in an accurate way.
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The informal style sentences in the chart are variations of the formal style sentences at the top.
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Slang is part of casual, informal styles of language use.
support
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Three women are now ready for an informal support group to share their experiences of the child protection system.
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For many, establishing a network of informal support can help.
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Friends are another source of informal support .
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To help him in his work the Secretary had formal and informal support .
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Lynne Moody, nursing sister in Bassetlaw's day hospital for elderly people, runs an informal support group for carers.
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It may also be that informal support networks are valuable in managing chronic strain.
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He challenges the orthodox view that elderly people turn to formal agencies for help only when informal support is absent or inadequate.
survey
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An informal survey of current major league rosters reveals nearly 50 athletes who once viewed themselves somewhat different defensively.
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In an informal survey of 167 Muscovites more than 70 percent had watched some of the Olympic telecasts.
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The Citrus Ridge Association recently conducted an informal survey in 110 subdivisions around the region.
way
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These are intended to be a cheap, quick and informal way for customers to resolve disputes.
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There are informal ways of expressing the topic, even in conversational discourse.
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Moreover, behaviour can be sanctioned in informal ways .
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I have decided to continue submitting my reports to you in the informal way I settled upon initially ... Friday morning.
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All of us have an informal way of speaking when we are with friends and in social settings.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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I was offered the job after an informal interview in the staff canteen.
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The report was based on informal discussions with women MPs and their families.
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The two companies have an informal arrangement to share each other's sports and leisure facilities.