And there it was: a formal request for a personal meeting.

The Italian government said it had received no formal request to take them.

You must first make a formal request to the government of Afghanistan.

The Committee made a formal request this time to have their name changed once more.

He added that no formal request had yet been made.

The President is unlikely to make the formal request for the money until next year.

I will take that formal request when we get to the vote on the report.

I therefore make a formal request for the vote to be taken again.

I must brief you on the subject of formal requests.

But he had not carried it to the point of making a formal request.