Derbyshire handled the whole with the careful dignity it deserved – there was some laughter, but a chilling pall hung over the programme of needless waste.
I always thought that Jennifer Grey never had the career she deserved; there's a certain brand of dialectical romantic comedy that she'd have sparkled in.
"We passed up a few opportunities and it was no more than we deserved, there were some good performances out there.
OK, so Wilco Van Dijk's studies found we get joy when someone's misfortune is deserved – there is justice – in other words, the punishment someone receives is fair.
This is the future, though, and instead of letting the wasteman die in the fetid hole he deserves, there are many options.
The people who administer fertility grants stress that nearly everyone who applies is deserving; there is real pain in their voices when they discuss turning applicants down.
But not everyone who works hard gets it right, or has the success they deserve: there's an element of luck.
Just when the connection between diet and health is getting the respect it deserves, there is a backlash surfacing about the food-as-medicine narrative, with some experts arguing there are downsides to seeing food as anything other than food.
That too is what the American people deserve". There's something for everybody in the deal.
While the hookup reputation of current apps appears well-deserved, there are also a surprisingly high number of men who seek something more than casual sex.
Some of that is deserved -- there are bad guys out there -- but when that attitude is deployed and not deserved: Oh, that is a terrible feeling.
