"They say Germans are very cool and distant people who only have formal ties with one another," she said slowly.

It became more of a formal tie in the later nineteenth century.

There are no formal organizational or financial ties between the two, however.

But there have been other, less formal ties to the outside world.

The new party had no formal ties to the federal Conservatives.

It became a private company in 1997, ending its formal ties to the British government.

The university is no longer affiliated with any church, having severed formal ties in 1952.

However, the Institute has no formal ties with any of them.

Today there are no formal ties between the two groups, although they often collaborate on common issues.

The Clinton administration ought to break off formal diplomatic ties with this illegal military government until a true democratic regime comes to power.