Sentence examples for deterrents from inspiring English sources

The tall plates might have functioned as prickly predator deterrents in females".

And there are lots of other deterrents, too, from red tape to erratic electricity (see, for example, the monumental blackout across north and east India in 2012), a lack of land, bad roads and busy ports.

This is remarkable, given the different approaches that France and Britain have taken towards their nuclear deterrents (Britain depends heavily on American kit, while France's force de frappe is a supreme symbol of national sovereignty).

Laws complicating land transactions, and the labyrinthine intricacies and glacial pace of litigation, are further deterrents.

These are the enemies against which modern designers and engineers seek to pit their skills, producing new deterrents and defences ranging from bandages to bollards, which aim to combine effectiveness with ease of use".SAFE: Design Takes On Risk", a new show at the Museum of Modern Art, looks at how designers rise to the challenge.

Poor transport infrastructure and border restrictions are major deterrents to trade expansion which would stimulate economic growth and poverty reduction.

These deterrents come in many forms constraints on access to funding, prohibitions against freedoms of expression, assembly and operations, and harassment and intimidation of government critics.Governments signed up to OGP should lead by example.

America's spying agencies cannot function if their employees squawk and, when "mass leaking" has become politically fashionable and technically feasible, deterrents are needed.

The gadgets are also an inducement to conductors to work the night shift; at present they cannot call for help if attacked.Spectrum shortage is the main barrier to mobile radio's growth but apparently there are other deterrents.

Nor have they found deterrents gluing sequins to wings, installing scaring devices in lofts effective.

Far from falling, the murder rate has risen slightly since then (see chart).Deterrents, however severe, do not work unless killers are rational and expect to be caught.