Sentence examples for it is to deter from inspiring English sources
I presume it is to deter homeless people from sleeping there".
The main one may be that the effect of capital controls is smaller than some had feared; but that, if there is any long-term impact, it is to deter foreign investment.
But the California court made clear that the recent corporate crime wave means that it is just as important to eliminate barriers preventing victims of fraud from recouping some of their losses as it is to deter meritless suits.
For obvious reasons, it is harder to deter terrorists than it was to deter a Soviet attack.
It is on a par with Sir Humphrey in Yes, Prime Minister, who said it was to deter France.
General Oates said his goal was not so much to humiliate those charged as it was to deter others from driving while intoxicated or resorting to substance abuse in general.
When it's tail drops, it will still wiggle and this is to deter predators.
Miliband says it would be to deter the future use of chemical weapons in Syria.
Rather, he said, it needs steady and significant increases to build its capacity until it is sufficient to deter tax cheats.
But it is unlikely to deter their determination to invest huge sums in infrastructure through bidding for major sporting events.
