For decades the financial sector demanded and received deference from virtually every government in the western world.

He was certain the Doctor had never received such deference from his previous assistants, though Kes might have come close.

"Their posture indicates that the two in front of them receive deference."

Through acting on those norms, people receive deference.

Professor Merrill, a deputy solicitor general in the late 1980's, noted that in ordinary cases, such as those on the meaning of federal statutes, the government's views receive deference from the court.

As museums' missions have changed, so have their operations and strategies, with education and marketing departments receiving attention and deference once reserved for curators.

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.

There is also a branch secretary of the Communist Party of China, who receives deference in disputes.

When the Justice Department's interpretation of the act compels race-based districting, it by definition raises a serious constitutional question . . . and should not receive deference.

The boy was alight, caught up in the sight of himself receiving deference and gratitude.