For example, no matter how hard I try to arrange the fruit in a flat linear pattern, the contour of the bowl forces it into its curvature, thus deterring my efforts to produce a linear outcome.
Islandia officials wanted to build the road to deter preservation efforts, not to deter development.
Mr. Crow said he hoped the airing of such F.B.I. busywork might deter further efforts to keep watch over him.
This is their letter, this is what they said: The bill from the Senate side will actually deter their efforts to deal with terrorism.
With the new campaign, American officials said, they are trying to hamper Russia from meddling in the 2018 vote and deter future efforts.
An independent U.N. human rights expert says Julian Assange's arrest won't deter his efforts to determine if the privacy rights of the WikiLeaks founder were violated.
The attackers may have been criminals or supporters of the Taliban; such supporters have chosen nongovernment organizations as targets in the past in order to deter reconstruction efforts, officials said.
In a conference call with reporters, members of the group, led by Senator John McCain, Republican of Arizona, said that they were stunned at the bombing but that it would not deter American efforts in Iraq.
Democrats note that many European countries have moved to deter such efforts at home.
