Sentence examples for steep deterrent from inspiring English sources

And the modifications necessary for a gas station to offer E15 may cost tens of thousands of dollars — a steep deterrent to station owners who have no idea whether the fuel will appeal to customers.

In the UK we've got an enormously long, really steep [social mobility] ladder, and that's a deterrent, but it also leads to incomprehension in different social groups.

Some deterrent!

"That's a deterrent".

There is no deterrent.

"Form a powerful deterrent".

"It is a deterrent".

Cost is another deterrent.

An "independent" deterrent?

This is a deterrent".

What kind of deterrent?