Sentence examples for like to deter from inspiring English sources

Whether or not he is convicted, Sir Mark's arrest will doubtless prompt would-be privateers to take South Africa's new Foreign Military Assistance Act, which bars mercenary activities, more seriously.But much as it would like to deter future coup attempts, there is a limit to how far South Africa's relatively liberal government can co-operate with thug regimes such as that in Equatorial Guinea.

Don't get bladdered Every week brings a new story about women and binge drinking and while many feature scary statistics about liver damage and the like, nothing seems to deter us from scarfing down great vats of wine.

At the start of the cold war, containment meant economic isolation of the Soviets and regional alliances like NATO to deter Moscow's military expansion.

He is with Abbie on a plane to Chicago, having notified authorities that his client is returning to face charges (like obscenity: to deter photographers, Abbie once wrote a four-letter expletive across his forehead).

Instead of getting hung up on labels adopted in the heat of political battle, they should focus instead on Supreme Court precedents that found that taxes designed to influence behavior, like taxes to deter the sale of particularly dangerous firearms, were constitutional, provided they raised revenue in the process.

One uses an adhesive that is easy to pry open but makes a loud Velcro-like noise — intended to deter thieves.

Dead crows had been ghoulishly strung up by their wings with wire, like black angels, to deter potential miscreants.

It's like insect repellant to deter people with no sense of personal space.

Since Russia's annexation of Crimea, the United States has been scrambling not just to reassure new allies like Poland, but to deter the Kremlin from any more military adventures in Eastern Europe.

If the above methods prove inadequate, you can introduce plants that rabbits and other small animals like to eat to deter them from eating your vegetables instead.

That sounds like an excellent way to deter company managements from flouting safety rules.