Sentence examples for primary deterrent from inspiring English sources

Cost is the primary deterrent.

The primary deterrent to war is the chilling notion of mutual assured destruction, which requires Washington and Moscow to maintain sufficient nuclear firepower to annihilate one another.

But as long as nuclear weapons remain the primary deterrent against aggression, different countries are going to have an incentive to acquire them, and I think the numbers will continue to grow.

That is, for a century now, in hockey, the possibility of having to engage in a fist-fight with a bad character has been the primary deterrent preventing this or that player from trying to hurt an opponent on the other team.

Russ Rader, spokesman for the IIHS, says the primary deterrent to risky behavior is a parent riding shotgun.

Radford also questioned the Air Force's plan to focus on nuclear weapons delivery capabilities as its primary deterrent to war and called nuclear war "morally reprehensible".

But for most women, the menopausal effects of low levels of estrogen are the primary deterrents to sexual pleasure.

To the Editor: James J. Heckman suggests that "unfounded doubt and fear of doing things differently" are the primary deterrents to radical change in our investment in early childhood education.

The analysis suggests (1) lack of a positive subjective norm and (2) lack of substantive consequences for research behavior as primary deterrents to positive research behavior among faculty in landscape architecture.

That's the main deterrent.

The main deterrents for the primary use of rpsA sequencing as a routine means of identifying mycobacteria reside in the need for a comprehensive database.