only a formality

Examples (10)

• For internal candidates, the interview is only a formality, essentially a mere formality.
• Given his track record, the vote was only a formality, effectively a formality.
• Once the paperwork arrives, approval will be only a formality — just a formality, in fact.
• On that route, the safety check has been only a formality, basically a routine formality.
• With unanimous support, the board meeting should be only a formality, a procedural formality.
• What remains is only a formality; the final signature is a formality.
• The background check was treated as only a formality, an administrative formality.
• Is the audit only a formality, just a legal formality required by statute?
• If everything matches, verification will be only a formality — a routine formality.
• At this point, the ceremony is only a formality, basically a mere formality.