Sentence examples for severe deterrent from inspiring English sources

Judge said gun crime was a "modern pestilence" and offenders faced severe, deterrent custodial terms.

This has been a severe deterrent for young Greeks considering careers as entrepreneurs and job creators.

The court is one of 56 dedicated courts set up throughout South Africa to deal swift, summary and severe deterrents during the monthlong World Cup.

The distance to the nearest registration office and the cost of the certificate can also be severe deterrents.

And the interest shown by passers-by — who were witnessed routinely stopping to try out the bikes, take selfies, and pick up pamphlets — suggests the cost is not too severe a deterrent.

These outcomes are serious deterrents".

When Dung threatens outspoken bloggers with "severe punishments," the deterrent effect is guaranteed because no fewer than 27 citizen-journalists and bloggers are currently detained in Vietnam.

When a user craves a fix and their addled mind becomes distorted by the very drug they seek, the reasoning that would usually make a severe sanction effective as a deterrent becomes distorted.

The punishment for any celebrity caught trying to escape should be severe and act as a deterrent to others.

Now that the film has been seen and discussed throughout the country, Zambian law makers have passed a law against domestic violence with a penalty severe enough to be a deterrent, she says.

This morning the men who had killed the suspected bandit said their severe brand of justice was an effective deterrent assuring that local roads would be safe.