Sentence examples for was to discourage from inspiring English sources

The aim was to discourage negative campaigning.

He argued that the goal was to discourage protesters from returning again and again.

The object of the ban was to discourage such acts, and to penalise those who transgress.

The purpose of Aronian's 6 a4 was to discourage Black from playing b5 to support his pawn on c4.

One of the letter's aims was to discourage Catholics in China from shunning the state-sponsored church.

In fact, the intent of the rules governing this new class of yachts was to discourage the practice.

It's to discourage private hire drivers.

The effect there is to discourage people from playing together.

The result, short-term at least, will be to discourage candor in cables, just as the immediate aftermath of kiss-and-tell books is to discourage dialogue.

"But what we are trying to do is to discourage it as much as possible".

That's to discourage market timers.