Sentence examples for upon deference from inspiring English sources

Particularly influential was the thought of Confucius (551 479 bce), with its considerable emphasis upon deference to authority and to family elders and upon respect for ritual observances and propriety.

Of course, when an administrative agency renders an opinion that is to the liking of corporate parties, Judge Bork insists upon deference to the agency.

Had I stumbled upon the same unquestioning deference to the authorities, only with the political Left the ones bowing obediently?

Their vote selected public officials, and while this had small effect upon the economic situation, it had great effect upon their personal treatment and the deference shown them.

Residents "have the sense that the United States looks upon our areas with much more deference and respect," said Mr. Roger, the Bondy mayor.

* * * I'd always assumed, in ignorance, that to survive the atomic bomb — to be a hibakusha, or "explosion-affected person" — was to have conferred upon you a certain esteem or deference, not unlike that afforded to the bearer of a Purple Heart.

Rather, the police are regarded as instruments of a legitimate institution by some population, and the organisation depends upon propaganda and habit to maintain popular deference to their authority.

Numerous excellent reviews focusing on this aspect of oxaziridine chemistry have been published, and in deference to the comprehensiveness of these reviews, we focus largely upon novel oxaziridine-mediated oxygen atom transfer reactions published within the last 20 years.

To get to this result, Bork overthrew the usual judicial deference to the expertise of the administrative board, something he insists upon whenever there is a pro-corporate ruling at stake.

Again, deference.

His achievements demand deference.