Sentence examples for deference on from inspiring English sources

"deference on" is not a correct phrase to use in a sentence.
It is important to use correct grammar and phrases in written English. You could instead use the phrase "in deference to" which means showing respect or consideration for someone or something. Example: In deference to their beliefs, we changed our plans for the holiday party to accommodate their dietary restrictions.

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The Pacific Islanders have Michael Jones as an assistant coach, and the former great of the All Black back row was never a great one for meekness and deference on the pitch.

Businessmen make dangerous politicians because they spend their careers expecting deference on pain of dismissal.

Nobody automatically deserves deference on ascending to the leadership of any country.

The charge against the BBC – and the NHS – is that they reacted to honesty with a demand for deference, on pain of insecurity.

And while the executive branch's role in national security has grown mightily in recent decades, Mr. Obama's decision to go to Congress arguably shows a greater deference on war and peace than any president since Franklin D. Roosevelt.

While they acknowledged that it was fruitless for them to fight the Fed chairman publicly, some of them said privately that he would receive less deference on Capitol Hill in the future.

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Gambian culture insists on deference to one's elders, so Dukureh keeps her eyes lowered and says: "I will not do that.

McGinty's office on Monday took pains to note that officers face deadly threats in the line of duty and called for "deference" to their on-the-scene judgments of how much force is necessary. .

The list of judge-made doctrines of deference goes on and on.

Trump was hands-off on the platform when it came to queer issues (unlike on the issue of trade or, in what seemed like deference to Russia, on aid to Ukraine), letting people like Perkins push an extreme agenda, and knowing he needed to court them.

Could Koreans' Confucian culture, with its emphasis on deference to authority, be the true culprit?

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