Sentence examples for function is to discourage from inspiring English sources

Their function is to discourage urinating and spitting on public surfaces, both compulsive national masculine pastimes.

The effect there is to discourage people from playing together.

The aim is to discourage firms from relocation overseas.

Otherwise, the effect might be to discourage installation of sensible pollution abatement facilities in favor of less efficient single-function facilities.

The aim was to discourage negative campaigning.

It's to discourage private hire drivers.

That's to discourage market timers.

Its function is to deactivate the predator's killing reflex or to discourage consumption, as many predators are reluctant to eat dead meat (see Figure 4).

That is unlikely to discourage McLaughlin, though.

This is meant to discourage underweight jumpers.

The stamp is overprinted to discourage counterfeiters.