Sentence examples for serves to deter from inspiring English sources

Bill Gates has dismissed criticism by health campaigners of the high prices of some vaccines, warning that it only serves to deter pharmaceutical companies from working on life-saving products for poor countries.

Both scenarios described above relate to increases in the risk of detection: the former serves to deter would-be thieves and the latter boosts the probability of an offender being apprehended.

It is conceivable that prospective clients want to have increased choice in where they travel for care and a business model that constrains options serves to deter clients that might otherwise consider going abroad for health care.

This serves to deter snakes or other predators from raiding the nest.

Ms. Shroff and Mr. Naftalis debated whether a stiffer sentence for Mr. Ahmed would serve to deter future terrorists.

The imposition of penalties should serve to deter firms from engaging in anti-competitive behaviour of this sort in future.

"We don't have the sorts of patrols along the Ivory Coast" that are common in other areas and serve to deter such attacks.

These chemicals often serve to deter herbivores, protect against pathogens and neighbors, or mitigate the effects of radiation, among numerous other uses.

He said later research convinced him that his office's approach was much too aggressive and had not served to deter crime.

Your depiction of mammography plagued by quality-control difficulties and inexpert radiology professionals can only serve to deter the progress in the detection and treatment of breast cancer.

Israeli Army officials said the last bombardment, which was ordered by the outgoing prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, had served to deter the guerrillas for months.