Sentence examples for the purpose of deterring from inspiring English sources

"Today, the way the program is used, it defeats the purpose of deterring illegal behavior".

Indeed, most 'anti-war' protests were mobilised for the purpose of deterring any action to punish the dictator who had been starving Palestinian refugees in Damascus.

To attain security, states try to increase their power and engage in power-balancing for the purpose of deterring potential aggressors.

But last month a federal judge said ICE's policy targeting all families for the purpose of deterring future migrants is illegal.

A groundbreaking federal court order issued February 20 by Judge James Boasberg of the United States District Court for the District of Columbia requires ICE to stop detaining families "for the purpose of deterring future immigration to the United States".

For the purpose of correcting and deterring wrong done to his subjects, a ruler has jurisdiction over foreigners, and he may exercise this jurisdiction through warfare (p. 305).

In court papers filed on Wednesday (see also below), Norman Siegel and other lawyers wrote that wearing the balaclavas was a form of protected expression and that the purpose of the mask prohibition law –– "deterring violence and facilitating the apprehension of wrongdoers" –– was not served by applying it to peaceful protesters.

You could argue about whether the punishment is draconian, but the purpose of criminal law is to deter conduct.

The purpose of these lawsuits was to deter the national media from covering the civil rights movement.

The purpose of this strike would be to deter Assad from using chemical weapons, to degrade his regime's ability to use them and to make clear to the world that we will not tolerate their use.

The purpose of this piece isn't to deter people from coming out.