Sentence examples for committed to deterring from inspiring English sources

He pledged the United States was committed to deterring Iran's "destabilizing activities, particularly those that could threaten the free flow of commerce throughout this vital region.

KUWAIT — Despite Washington's renewed focus on the Asia-Pacific region, the United States remains fully committed to deterring security threats in the Persian Gulf and across the Middle East, Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta said as he began an official visit Tuesday to Kuwait.

At the same time, we are committed to deterring young people, as well as adults who do not currently smoke, from using our products.

But if we are genuinely committed to preventing and deterring lab fraud, as I think we should be, then we need to think carefully about the message that is sent when we sentence perpetrators of lab fraud to less time than their victims.

The increase in interceptors was intended not merely to present a credible deterrent to North Korea's limited intercontinental ballistic missile arsenal, but also to show South Korea and Japan that the United States was willing to commit resources to deterring the North.

They said it is also meant to show South Korea and Japan that the United States is willing to commit resources to deterring the North and, at the same time, warn Beijing that it must restrain its ally or face an expanding American military focus on Asia.

The fear of being involuntarily committed to a hospital can deter patients from being honest about their mental health.

And, they added, "So what?" After all, the purpose of law enforcement is not simply to punish people for crimes they have committed, but to deter crimes that are being contemplated.

However, he is already committed to UNC and it will likely take upwards of $7 million to deter him from heading off to college.

Nisbet takes the opposite approach with her clients, strongly deterring them from kitchen and bath projects when they are fundamentally not committed to their homes.

Nearly $1 billion was committed to stockpiling 75 million shots of anthrax vaccine, enough to inoculate 25 million and, hopefully, deter a terrorist biostrike.