English example sentences with "deterrent"

The law's harsh sentence is a deterrent against drinking and driving.
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It is just because fear of punishment has no deterrent effect that crime continues in spite of all laws and courts, prisons and executions.
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Judge Salvador was of the school that thought stiff sentences were a deterrent.
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I think this would act as a deterrent.
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That would act as a deterrent, don't you think?
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The notion of a nuclear deterrent came into being during the Cold War, when the focus was on the American and Russian arsenals.
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Foreign companies consider investing in Egypt, but its civil unrest proves a deterrent.
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Don't let that be a deterrent.
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Malawi's Supreme Court has banned the death penalty, ruling it unconstitutional because it negates the right to life. Some Malawians hail the ruling, while others denounced the decision as removing a major deterrent to serious crime.
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