Which preposition to use with formula

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We should remember too, that this formula of faith comes to us from Apostolic times and that it has been repeated millions of times by saints and martyrs; their sentiments of belief, of confidence in God and love of God should be ours.

for Occurrences 53%

But the last leaf, containing the formula for dismissing spirits after they have been summoned from the nether world, hath been removed by me.

in Occurrences 11%

At heart we worship the man who will not lie; who will not use conventions or formulas in which he does not believe; who does not give us a second-hand view of either life or God; who does not play with our conscience because it is not politic to be too direct; who does not juggle with our doubts, nor ignore our hopes and powers; who also frankly acknowledges that he, too, is a man.

to Occurrences 9%

Fanatic Bolshevist that he was, Sturm offered his formula to Victor, to be used to clear the way for social revolution; and Victor jumped at the offerhas spent vast sums preparing to employ it.

by Occurrences 8%

This form of doxology, "Glory be to the Father, to the Son, and to the Holy Ghost," was adopted to repel Arianism, by giving to the faithful a compact theological formula by which they could end every dispute.

as Occurrences 6%

Hyaenas have the same dental formula as cats, but their teeth are enormously strong and massive, in relation to their function of crushing bone.

on Occurrences 4%

Such, notwithstanding, is the formula on which the Southern theorists make a stand.

with Occurrences 3%

"Virginia's faithfulness has been proven by too many years of faithful service" was the formula with which he dismissed the suggestion ...

from Occurrences 2%

The arbiter, like the judex, received a formula from the praetor, and seemed to have more extensive power.

about Occurrences 2%

In fine, he showed himself so considerate that once, when the leaders of the Rhodians sent him some communication and failed to write at the foot of the letter this customary formula about offering their prayers for his welfare, he summoned them in haste as if he intended to do them some harm, but on their arrival instead of administering any serious rebuke had them subscribe what was lacking and then sent them away.

like Occurrences 1%

Have you ever dreamed you were possessed of some magic formula like "Open Sesame," and free to work with it any miracle you choose?

before Occurrences 1%

"In point of fact there is little or no trace of the Hail Mary as an accepted devotional formula before 1050....

at Occurrences 1%

Father Pedro had taken a muchacho foundling for adoption; his jealous seclusion of it and his personal care was doubtless some sacerdotal formula at once high and necessary.

than Occurrences 1%

We are entirely sceptical as to the proposition that "men have at all times quarrelled more fiercely about phrases and formulas than even about material interests" (p. 124).

after Occurrences 1%

An animal has been defined as "a stomach ministered to by organs"; and the greatest man comes very near this simple formula after a month or two of fever and starvation.

into Occurrences 1%

Let us revert to our earliest and simplest example, but which displays the real law of interchange more luminously than any formula into which money enters; the case of simple barter.

Which preposition to use with  formula