Example sentences of "mark the formal [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The armed forces were reconstituted on June 5 , 1990 , to comprise the land forces , the Air Force , the Navy and the gendarmerie , marking the formal dissolution of all paramilitary and militia units . |
| 2 | This event also marked the formal opening of a sports and culture week for primary school pupils , as well as an annual town trade exhibition in which LASMO took part . |
| 3 | The 1840 Treaty , signed between the British Crown and the Maori chiefs , marked the formal establishment of British sovereignty over New Zealand , and was seen by many modern Maoris ( who comprised more than 10 per cent of the current population of 3,200,000 ) as the symbolic beginning of a process whereby their culture and status had been systematically undermined . |
| 4 | Gorbachev 's visit to China in May 1989 , although overshadowed by massive pro-democracy demonstration in Beijing , had marked the formal normalization of state and party relations between the two countries after almost 30 years of enmity [ see pp. 36640-42 ] . |
| 5 | In 1018 the English paid the very large sum of £82,500 , and came to an agreement with the Danes at Oxford which may have marked the formal end of hostilities ; the same year part of Cnut 's fleet sailed to Denmark . |
| 6 | A McGill team introduced it to Harvard University in 1874 , which marked the formal birth of ‘ football ’ . |
| 7 | It marked the formal ending of Saudi Arabia 's recognition of the regime in Taiwan as the government of China . |