The phrase "considerable deterrent" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing something that significantly discourages or prevents a particular action or behavior.
Example: "The high penalties for speeding serve as a considerable deterrent to reckless driving."
Alternatives: "significant deterrent" or "substantial deterrent."
And local newspaper reporting of cases, which used to be a considerable deterrent to crime, has largely dried up.
The students don't see it like that – they say they haven't got a clue who'll be earning millions in the future; all they know is, £9,000 a year is a considerable deterrent for many people.
His last contribution to the House of Lords debates was on 19 November 2003, when he criticised the situation of "having to borrow money from the state to undertake a degree course" as "a considerable deterrent to poorer families".
The United States, the Soviet Union, the United Kingdom, France, and China keep a considerable strategic deterrent force at sea in the form of submarine-launched ballistic missiles.
Apart from all else, their presence would be a considerable moral deterrent should the Israeli government, under provocation from militants on both sides, rethink the "self-restraint" that holds it back from reclaiming Palestinian-controlled land.
In Experiment 2, we asked whether bees drink a considerable amount of deterrent substances (20 µl, i.e. a third of their crop capacity) [32] and studied the mortality resulting from this ingestion.
The bigger question, and one that has considerable cost implications, is whether a continuous at-sea deterrent is still needed today, in a world in which traditional assumptions about relative influence and power no longer hold good.
"This is a running theme for us: we have been saying for some time, we think there could be more prosecutions," Hillier said, adding that while HMRC officials tend to stress the high cost and complexity of court cases, the deterrent effect of high-profile prosecutions would be considerable.
The tour ended with not a single bomb dropped, leaving some participants proud of their military role as a deterrent and others deflated, questioning the value of their considerable effort.
They say fines - usually about £150 per breach - are an "inadequate" deterrent when the financial rewards for wrongdoing can be considerable.
Considerable evidence suggests such demand-side costs are strong, and possibly the dominant deterrent to health seeking behaviour [ 24].
