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It's a great honor and deference for me. to partake ofthese birthday festivities ofyour Majesty.
Just a shade more deference, Fordyce.
You do realize, don't you, that it's in deference to the captain that I brought you here?
Your seed, like yourselves, will pay deference to the ultimate dynasty which I alone have created.
There are things in which children are not called upon to pay deference to their fathers and love is no respector of persons.
He only objects to your way of doing things, and is quite ready to grant you all you want provided you will use gentle means and will give him the deference and respect that a son owes to his father.
I yield with deference to the orders of Your Holiness and I am ready to spend, if necessary, the rest of my days inside Castel Saint Angelo, and ponder.
Put simply, in deference to Kent, it's like lasing dynamite.
He's already shown a certain deference to me.
In deference and honor to your position.
You will heed it with the same deference you would me.
Perhaps you should remember the deference you should show to a man of my father's position.
But in deference to common sense and Mr. Eilerson's concerns. which somehow ended up the same thing, for a change. if we get to the location and there's nothing there.
Lord Piren, why do you treat me with so much deference?
When the Princess Mary addresses me in public, could she not find a term of greater deference?
May I ask a question in all deference?
Yes, he has let himself be corrupted by his deference to you.
Well, in deference to your high standings, Doctors, gin.
The truth is, after it happened, Dr. Amano, out of deference to you.
They had a certain deference, though, which concealed a prehistoric charm.
You do realise, don't you, that it's in deference to the captain that I brought you here?
As yet neither the IRR nor any other body have come up with the funds to make Corntopia's film and in deference to VUE victims the music has, in the meantime, been used to accompany some of the VUE biographies in The Falls.
Mr MacGyver is also the alumni referee for the culmination of the Barricade Contest, so I know you're going to treat him with deference and respect.
Out of deference to your concerns. I believe the good citizens of Metropolis deserve a break.
UEO Policy gives great deference to the views of the senior commander in charge at the scene.
The truth is, after it happened, Dr. Amano, out of deference to you-- He forbade Chigusa to enter his home.
I don't like the man and Greg's deference to him.
It's more than deference. There's another name for it.
In deference and honor to your position. If you refuse. my friend will be penalized harshly for failing to obey orders.
Everything goes into the bergens except for the NBC kit, which, in deference to Chris, we will carry in these designer sandbags.
One ounce of modesty, two ounces of duty, one grain of deference, taken three times per day in aqua pura.
However, in deference to the aforementioned act of contrition, the defendant will not be transformed into an Oprelian amoeba.
I don't make it a habit of meeting with prisoners. I'm doing this out of deference to Mr. Mercker here. who thought it'd be a good idea.
Fine, in deference to your soul, I'll turn mine down.
These injuries mortal to earn such commendable deference?
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Moreover, in choosing to flatter the UK's misguided policy, the Fund has confirmed its deference to its major shareholders.
The loss of confidence that Americans have expressed may be rooted in a deeper shift in people's attitudes toward individualism, which has brought about decreased deference to authority.
The values espoused by the Church were paid their due deference.
As prime minister, Nehru carefully nurtured the country's infant democratic institutions by showing them respect, even deference.
But history is something that must be freely analysed, not silenced out of deference.
When they graciously consent to appear, they are treated with deference.
What China regards as Hong Kong's comedy of deference is quickly becoming a tragedy of errors for Hong Kong's citizens.
Every act of deference thus becomes an abdication of one's own intellectual authority.
Wifely deference may be seen as reinforcing the husband's obligation to support the family.
It is unreasonable in this democratic age to pay special deference to people solely on the basis of their birth.
The model in public health is smoking, though the list of overlapping and contradictory causes implies greater deference to factors beyond our control.
Soviet-era deference to paternalistic leaders gave way to self-confidence and distrust of established authority.
If too much deference to great artists is the mark of a society that has never quite escaped from its aristocratic roots, too little regard for them is a sign of narrow philistinism.
Asians, according to this theory, have their own values, which include thrift, deference to authority, the sacrifice of individual to collective interests, and the belief that countries should not stick their noses into others' affairs.