Sentence examples for are deferred to from inspiring English sources

"We are not being lectured like schoolchildren; we are respected and we are deferred to.

As an insider, I can tell you that such opinions are deferred to by the post-Sachsgate BBC.

Bishops anointed "by the favor of the Apostolic See," as the Vatican terms it, are deferred to not because of their competence or learning, but because of that favor.

He emphasised the sensible measures the government and regulators have already put in place: a levy on banks' risky borrowing that should raise £2.5 billion ($3.9 billion) a year, and tough new rules to ensure most bonus payments are deferred, to encourage longer-term decision-making (though Mr Osborne is keen to take the credit for the latter, they were actually written by European regulators).

Technical proofs are deferred to the "Appendix".

The proofs of the results are deferred to Sect. 4.

In some cases, they say, security forces are deferring to them.

Menthol was deferred to later studies.

But reparations were deferred to a future peace treaty.

Further payments would have been deferred to future years.

Nature is deferred to and seems to return the compliment.