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Discover LudwigThe phrase "act as deterrent" is correct and usable in written English
It can be used when discussing measures or actions intended to discourage certain behaviors or actions. Example: "The presence of security cameras can act as a deterrent to potential thieves."
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And yet, a trial of the former dictator could bring is to act as deterrent against future military coups.
If they are right, it might help disprove the widely held notion in China that executions act as deterrent: it is generally believed that China has become more cautious in recent years in applying the death penalty.Figures about murder are especially prone to manipulation by local governments.
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These steps may act as deterrents to students who are alcohol abusers.
"Penalties should act as deterrents to potential rule violators and, as is done in other sports, should be handed down more expeditiously, to the extent permitted by law," Gagliano said.
Another study demonstrated that stereotypical attitudes, such as "physics is a male subject", can act as deterrents in upper secondary school physics enrolment (Abraham & Barker 2015b).
However, a negative association between title length and citation count has been made by Paiva, Lima and Paiva [16], and shorter titles might be more frequently cited because long or confusing titles may act as deterrents to further reading [22].
These components, though accepted by and even attractive to C. femoratus, could act as deterrents to other species; geranyl linalool in particular is toxic to many ants [41].
Because some phenylpropenes are toxic to animals and microorganisms, these compounds are typically produced and stored in plant vegetative tissues to act as deterrents against herbivores and microbial pathogens [1].
They could act as deterrents and provoke first time users to avoid the application of a CDSS.
Both VSP and GLS act as deterrents for non-specialist herbivorous insects [ 26, 56] and K-deficient plants are indeed more resistant to thrips [ 18].
These mechanisms help people live with OA and therefore predominantly act as deterrents to operative intervention, however, they can also act as stimulators (e.g. social support in helping to make the decision).
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