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In deference to your valuable time, I would like to get straight to the point and say that we were wrong.

When one of the Filipinos went to the restroom, a Japanese woman grumbled that she should have held back in deference to the group schedule.

In deference to the concept of code reviews, you really can't enforce standards that have not been formalized or are not readily available.

In deference to the public mood, the festivities were reduced in scale, and a note of repentance was added to a dignified cathedral service.

In deference to foreign feelings, an English text released by the government news agency, Xinhua, used the word "country" instead.

Alcohol cannot be sold at certain times, in deference to Islamic hardliners, but is available nevertheless.

Perhaps your friends or family members changed their schedules in deference to yours: changing that schedule back may be difficult.

Beijing taxi drivers have been ordered, in deference to visiting tourists, not to spit.

Don't worry. In deference to you, I kept them all at a high school graduate reading level. Thanks, pal.

Two years later, in deference to China, he agreed to rein in such sales.

In deference to protecting we alleged victims' privacy, we name only defendants.

In deference to China, few countries are willing to sell Taiwan weapons.

In deference to our host I decided not to challenge His controversial remarks.

The rest stayed silent, in deference to China's hostility to Japan.

They were married in church, in deference to their parents' wishes.

Most of the meat was grilled, but some fried, in deference to local tastes.

In deference to the ancients, I called this the "Osiris Plan. " ?

I changed my plan in deference to your opinion.

I loved my Italian fizzy, but in deference to our PR campaign, I stuck to ordering "L. A. Tap. "

In deference to their fragility, we now garden around them.

In deference to my friend and colleague Dr. B -rundtland, I won ? t show those slides at this symposium.