Informal usage of faith can be quite broad, including trust or belief without proof, and " faith " is often used as a substitute for " hope ", " trust " or " belief ".

Informal social control is often not sufficient in a large society in which an individual can choose to ignore the sanctions of an individual group.

Informal guidelines hold that this diagnosis can be made after four weeks in a vegetative state.

Informal labor can be paid or unpaid and it is always unstructured and unregulated.

Informal probation can also require the supervisee to enter a plea of " Guilty ", pending the completion of the terms set forth in the agreement, at which time the charge is typically dismissed.

Informal pharmacological experiments have been performed on the pupil for centuries, since the pupil is readily visible, and its size can be readily altered by drugs, even crude plant extracts, applied to the cornea.

Informal coursing can be a true form of hunting.

Informal code words can find use in propaganda, distinct from use of euphemistic code words to delay or avoid emotional responses in the audience.

Informal channels reflect the non-linear dynamics of a social network and can be as influential, if not more so, than official channels, often more likely to stimulate and create discussion and dialogue.

Informal controls can include a company ’ s culture and encouraging employees to monitor each other.

Informal applications of set theory in other fields are sometimes referred to as applications of " naive set theory ", but usually are understood to be justifiable in terms of an axiomatic system ( normally the Zermelo – Fraenkel set theory ).

* Informal theories of etiquette that tend to be less rigorous and more situational.

Informal discussions did take place with Secretary of State William Seward through Supreme Court Justice John A. Campbell, an Alabamian who had not yet resigned ; Seward hinted that Fort Sumter would be evacuated, but nothing definite was said.

Informal measurements such as a " pinch ", a " drop ", or a " hint " ( soupçon ) continue to be used from time to time.

Informal tourneys are often run by problem magazines and other publications with a regular problem section ; it is common for every problem to have been published in a particular magazine within a particular year to be eligible for an informal award.

Informal learning may be assisted by a teacher occupying a transient or ongoing role, such as a family member, or by anyone with knowledge or skills in the wider community setting.

Informal public discussion of public policy is not actively encouraged, although it is not expressly illegal per se, unless it is deemed to be promoting immorality, dissent or disloyalty.

Informal value transfers generally take place outside of the conventional banking system through non-bank financial institutions or other business entities whose primary business activity may not be the transmission of money.

Informal tent cities may be set up without authorization by homeless people or protesters.

Informal vocalizations and gestures such as body language and facial expressions are part of natural communication, and such signals may be used by those with profound disabilities.

Informal AARs are conducted similar to formal AARs and may be done for large or small units.

Informal references by the general public and media have used to refer to celebrities as: The stars, sports stars, rock stars, rap stars, supermodels, movie stars, TV stars, radio stars, music stars, superstars, stardom, and media personalities.

Completed by P. Schuyler Miller and John D. Clark, the chronology was later revised by Clark and L. Sprague de Camp in An Informal Biography of Conan the Cimmerian ( 1952 ).

Informal discussions with colleagues and friends stimulated a greater interest, which was reinforced by Friedrich Hayek's powerful book The Road to Serfdom, by my attendance at the first meeting of the Mont Pelerin Society in 1947, and by discussions with Hayek after he joined the university faculty in 1950.

Informal records are produced of individual transactions, and a running tally of the amount owed by one broker to another is kept.

An Informal Payment System and Its Use to Finance Terrorism by Sebastian R. Müller ( December 2006 ), ISBN 3-86550-656-9

Informal, de facto orthographies of spoken varieties of Arabic also use ha to indicate a shorter version of alif, a usage augmented by the ambiguity of the use of ha and taa marbuta in formal Arabic orthography, and also a formal orthography in some languages that use Arabic script, such as Kurdish orthography

It was accepted by the Geneva Informal Meeting, GIM.

British commercial interests in South America, which comprised a valuable component of the Informal Empire that accompanied Britain's imperial possessions, and the economic importance of the United States as a trading partner, ensured that intervention by Britain's rival European powers could not engage with the Americas.

An Informal Biography of Scrooge McDuck by science fiction author Jack Chalker used names and events in the Barks stories ( and a very few non-Barks ones ) to create a life story for McDuck.

* " THE KERNEL OF GREATNESS: An Informal Bicentennial History of Bedford County ( Pennsylvania )", by Bedford County Heritage Commission ( Author ), B / W Illus ( Illustrator ), 1971, ASIN B000KYDYOE

From With Good Reason: An Introduction to Informal Fallacies by S. Morris Engel, Fifth Edition, pg.

* Informal or ad-hoc plans are created by individuals in all of their pursuits.

In 2010, the National Academies released Surrounded by Science: Learning Science in Informal Environments, based on the National Research Council study, Learning Science in Informal Environments: People, Places, and Pursuits.

The first popular account of Mickey Finn was given by Herbert Asbury in his 1940 book Gem of the Prairie: An Informal History of the Chicago Underworld.

Informal mathematics means any informal mathematical practices, as used in everyday life, or by aboriginal or ancient peoples, without historical or geographical limitation.

# Mission and Vision Statements and Customer ( Client ) Surveys are the most used ( by 77 % of organizations of 20 improvement tools, followed by SWOT analysis ( 72 %), and Informal Benchmarking ( 68 %).

Informal controls are varied and differ from individual to individual, group to group and society to society.

Informal group savings and loan associations are also traditional in many east Asian societies, and under the name of tontines are found in Cambodia, and among emigrant Cambodian communities.

* Informal or unofficial groups formed at work have a strong influence on the behavior of those workers in a group.

* Informal group: certain groups of coworkers have the same interests, or ( for example ) the same origin.

Informal cooperative learning incorporates group learning with passive teaching by drawing attention to material through small groups throughout the lesson or by discussion at the end of a lesson, and typically involves groups of two ( e. g. turn-to-your-partner discussions ).