Sentence examples for hard to deter from inspiring English sources

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But the criminals have proved hard to deter.

If a powerful shark is truly determined to kill, it will be very hard to deter.

It seems like that is not really true, and that he has some stable, long-standing beliefs, like on trade, and is hard to deter.

The fusiliers were sent out in groups of four armed with one SA80 assault rifle and camouflage poles to capture Iraqis and bring them back to the camp with the intention of "working them hard" to deter looting.

"Car-part [burglaries] are one of those that are really hard to deter, other than locking your car and parking in a well-lit location," Ryburn said.

While there he fell ill with lung cancer, a cruel fate for a man who had spent so much of his professional career treating the disease, who had never smoked and had worked hard to deter people from smoking.

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But non-state actors are harder to deter.

"Obviously, hard-core terrorists will be the hardest to deter," Mr. Vickers said.

For obvious reasons, it is harder to deter terrorists than it was to deter a Soviet attack.

In Asia, America will find it harder to deter China's assertiveness in the South China Sea, which is deliberately intended to display China's growing ability to defy U.S. power in the maritime domain, where it was once strongest.

Unconventional threats are the most worrisome because they are harder to detect, deter, and defend against.

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