In some sense, the outrage about according a degree of official status to Shariah in a Western country should come as no surprise.
In Wales, it is supreme rugby players such as Barry John and Gareth Edwards who have been accorded a degree of awe unlikely to be extended even to a footballer of Ryan Giggs's calibre.
The "one country, two systems" formula accords Hong Kong a degree of autonomy and freedoms not enjoyed in mainland China, including freedom of speech.
Based on the prior research, this study aimed to suggest a framework of emotional intervention strategy focused on socio-pleasure according to a degree of difficulty and convenience.
In 1924 the postal administration was accorded a considerable degree of financial autonomy, which allowed it to conduct business in a semicommercial manner, while still taking account of national economic and social factors in determining rate structure and pattern of service.
We accord a certain degree of respect and special recognition to those who do not look like us.
Though never recognized by the U.S. or Mexican governments, he was accorded a certain degree of deference within San Francisco itself, including reserved balcony seats (for which he was never charged) at local theatres, and salutes by policemen who passed him on the street.
A Downing Street spokesman said last night "The Prime Minister thought it was very gracious of Oxford University when the Hebdomadal Council proposed that she should be accorded an honorary degree.
One of them, Peter Brooks, who teaches comparative literature and French, said Mr. Bush had been in office too briefly to be accorded an honorary degree for his public service.
Petrov was accorded an unusual degree of liberty by the Soviet authorities to travel abroad and appeared with many of the major orchestras, among them the Berlin Philharmonic, London Symphony, Los Angeles Philharmonic, National Symphony and Royal Philharmonic.
