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Scheming and manipulative, he seems to defer to his clients but relishes the power his control of their secrets gives him over them.
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They are knowledge-seekers who aspire to technical wizardry, and so are pleased when others defer to their expertise.
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In deciding questions of constitutional law, judicially-restrained jurists go to great lengths to defer to the legislature.
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Since the mathematics required to compare different strategies is quite complex, most consumers defer to an accountant or life insurance agent for advice.
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Otherwise, it must defer to the judgment of its coequal partners.
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National-security concerns require the courts to defer to executive decisions, the opinion said; case closed.
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The executive, legislative and judicial branches of government must defer to it.
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This time, the architect leads the joint venture so in supervising the subs, the contractor might defer to the architect.
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And skeptical tribes had to want more autonomy over the schools, rather than defer to BIE.
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Many state and local land management agencies defer to the federal requirement.
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