Sentence examples for be to deter from inspiring English sources

Wouldn't its only purpose be to deter?

Some experts say the tax's main effect would be to deter insurers from continually raising premiums.

Miliband says it would be to deter the future use of chemical weapons in Syria.

The minimum objective would be to deter another's nuclear use, and the maximum would be to deter any aggression, on the grounds that any hostilities might create the extreme circumstances in which the restraints on nuclear use would fall away.

The sole purpose of American nuclear forces should be to deter a nuclear attack against this country or its allies.

But there is a crucial caveat: The sole objective of the American response must be to deter further chemical weapon attacks.

Their function is to deter, which is difficult to measure.

For obvious reasons, it is harder to deter terrorists than it was to deter a Soviet attack.

The point is to deter terrorists, but there's another message, too.

Their main aim is to deter a formal declaration of independence.

The latest tack, though, is to deter lawsuits and royalty demands by acquiring patent portfolios.