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"Deterrent" in a Sentence (13 examples)
The law's harsh sentence is a deterrent against drinking and driving.
It is just because fear of punishment has no deterrent effect that crime continues in spite of all laws and courts, prisons and executions.
Judge Salvador was of the school that thought stiff sentences were a deterrent.
I think this would act as a deterrent.
That would act as a deterrent, don't you think?
The notion of a nuclear deterrent came into being during the Cold War, when the focus was on the American and Russian arsenals.
Foreign companies consider investing in Egypt, but its civil unrest proves a deterrent.
Don't let that be a deterrent.
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.
An extension of the system to serve new housing estates on the outskirts of the city, at an estimated cost of about £4,000,000 a mile, is being considered, but the narrow gauge, small clearances, and short platforms are deterrents.
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The salarians believed the genophage would be used as a deterrent, a position the turians viewed as naive. Once the project was complete, the turians mass produced and deployed it. The krogan homeworld, their colonies, and all occupied worlds were infected.
One argument made by proponents of the death penalty is that it is a strong deterrent to murder and other violent crimes, but evidence shows just the opposite. Whereas the last execution in Canada took place in 1962, in 2011 there were 598 murders in Canada and 14,610 in the United States.
All is well until Treorchy, where the platform is swamped by teenagers who have been attending an event. Around four dozen unescorted 12 to 16 year-olds swarm aboard and begin to run riot through the train. Their behaviour is appalling and the presence of CCTV no deterrent.
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