Sentences with phrase «as a deterrent in»

You also have to consider the effect on the reputation that acts as a deterrent in all our cases.

Titan 1 missiles were the first series of multi-stage Intercontinental Ballistic Missiles that the US used as a deterrent in the Cold War.

Rather, she said, harsh sentences can act as a deterrent in unusual, high - publicized cases like Silk Road.

«But I do not believe in the death penalty, and I do not believe that the death penalty would have acted as a deterrent in this case.»»

This variation may disproportionately affect New Haven residents and act as a deterrent in the city's wider push to facilitate racial and socioeconomic integration.

, apple cider vinegar and citronella (which is used as a deterrent in bark - collars because dogs hate the smell!).

NPS Photo / M. Bradburn: Park staff use flares in rare circumstances as a deterrent in wildlife interactions on the coast.

FDI Cap of 26 % will not act as a deterrent in case of foreign funding for Religare Health Insurance.

Not exact matches

But people in and around the video game industry tend to raise issues of economic scale as a deterrent to entry.

«These fighters will have a positive impact on Taiwan's self - defense and would act as a necessary deterrent to China's aggressive military posture across the Asia - Pacific region,» Senators John Cornyn, the assistant majority leader, and James Inhofe, a senior member of the Armed Services Committee, said in a letter to President Donald Trump.

In a previous Compas poll, some respondents indicated that our weak securities laws also act as a deterrent to foreign investment.

Williams said it would make more sense to him if cryptocurrencies were treated as currencies, and the designation as property is «almost a deterrent in [the] pursuit of mainstream adoption.»

In addition to making shoppers feel welcomed, greeters act as a theft deterrent.

«I think it will have an important deterrent impact, as well as inform the Congress if circumstances arise in which the president uses the pardon power for an illicit purpose, to protect himself, to obstruct justice,» said Schiff (D - Burbank) in an interview.

CALGARY — A Saskatchewan mayor whose city's water supply was interrupted for several weeks following a Husky Energy Inc. oil pipeline leak in July 2016 says he hopes environmental charges announced Monday act as a deterrent for other pipeline firms.

When asked whether their firms allow employees to trade on their own behalf through external accounts, 61 % of respondents said employees and spouses can trade on their own behalf as long as they report their activities to the company, compared to 51 % in last year's survey; 22 % said their firm's no - trading policy is strictly enforced and is a major deterrent to outside trading activities, slightly down from 25 % in January 2016; 14 % said their company has a no trading policy and that it is clear that violation it is a fireable offense, compared to 12 %; and another 3 % said that while their firms have no trading policies, they are loosely enforced and of little concern to employees, down from 12 %.

Obviously death had to exist at that point in order for God to use it as a deterrent.

As for your seriously off base torture comparison, if we saw a drastic increase in violent crimes, and there was a public outcry for harsher punishments to try and serve as a deterrent, and the Bill was drafted, made open to the public, and the solid majority of the population didn't turn against it with protests, signatures, and contacting their representatives; maybe a torture law could make it (though it would never get past the Supreme Court as the Consttution is now, but we'll let that slide as a hypotheticalAs for your seriously off base torture comparison, if we saw a drastic increase in violent crimes, and there was a public outcry for harsher punishments to try and serve as a deterrent, and the Bill was drafted, made open to the public, and the solid majority of the population didn't turn against it with protests, signatures, and contacting their representatives; maybe a torture law could make it (though it would never get past the Supreme Court as the Consttution is now, but we'll let that slide as a hypotheticalas a deterrent, and the Bill was drafted, made open to the public, and the solid majority of the population didn't turn against it with protests, signatures, and contacting their representatives; maybe a torture law could make it (though it would never get past the Supreme Court as the Consttution is now, but we'll let that slide as a hypotheticalas the Consttution is now, but we'll let that slide as a hypotheticalas a hypothetical).

Capital punishment's lack of demonstrated superiority as a deterrent (the evidence for its effectiveness being at best mixed), the capacity of society to protect itself equally well by permanently imprisoning those who are currently being executed (which is possible at limited marginal cost, especially when one takes into account the cost of the extended trial procedures and interminable appeals and reviews which usually accompany capital punishment)-- all these points are important, but their utility is chiefly as rebuttal arguments in response to the empirically weak but emotionally strong claims made on behalf of capital punishment.

The dilemma is easily stated: The non-Communist world needs nuclear power to deter Communist nuclear power (to prevent nuclear blackmail and pressure in the interests of Communist expansion); but if we ever use our nuclear weapons, they are likely to destroy all that they defend as deterrents.

While over half of the world's nations have abolished capital punishment, and while international criticism of the U.S. has been intense, America continues to condemn the poor and racial minorities (particularly those who kill whites) in disproportionate numbers, as well as the mentally ill, the mentally retarded, juveniles (here the U.S. leads the world) and sometimes the innocent — and all this to no apparent deterrent effect.

What we need is to recognize that some human rights crises may demand preemptive force (In the form of humanitarian intervention) as a deterrent to much greater violence.

Required by law in Spanish football, and occasionally found elsewhere, they tend to be set ambitiously high, partly as a deterrent and partly as insurance.

Those who believe that a four - game suspension for a second offense is a sufficient deterrent are as deluded and naive as Taylor, who wrote in his 1987 book, LT: Living on the Edge, that he had cured his addiction to cocaine by playing a lot of golf.

«When our association discovered that bats could be altered and gain enhanced performance above our bat standard, stiffer penalties were instituted as a deterrent,» wrote Craig Cress, the president of ASA, in an email to me years ago when I first started examining this story.

Lewis Hamilton has weighed in on the Max Verstappen penalty debate, saying it wouldn't have been an issue if there had been a proper deterrent, such as grass, surrounding the track.

Incidents of domestic violence in the family can be a strong deterrent to joint custody, but the court's goal is to keep both parents as actively involved in their child's life as possible.

My granddaughter's mothering skills are rated and points are docked for the high school class that puts its trust in this robot touted as a deterrent to teen pregnancy.

The large size of this pillow may be a deterrent for a lot of women, as this pillow is actually large enough to be a kid sized mattress, but the «Legs» on this U-shaped pillow are the saving grace and can be positioned in any which way to provide you with utmost comfort.

However whether or not it «suits the crime» or has an effect long - term, the threat of punishment in society is supposed to serve as a deterrent to some who might otherwise commit crimes.

The concept of using consequences, physical or otherwise, as a deterrent for hitting is based on the misconception that small children have the capacity for forethought (i.e. «If I hit, I will get in trouble.

«Timeouts generally only work in positive contexts because the timeout needs to serve as a deterrent, something that takes away fun.»

He further suggested that strict laws must be implemented and individuals who infringe on the rights of the vulnerable in society, severely punished to serve as deterrent to others.

It is why my first act as Prime Minister last year was to lead the debate in Parliament that ensured the renewal of Britain's independent nuclear deterrent.

They have stated that they can, and if necessary, will go ahead with a nuclear strike on the US, thus bringing into action, a US counteraction in the pacific, as a deterrent against nuclear warfare.

With US going on rampage around the world and leaving cesspools and terrorist - breeding grounds (just this week we had suicide bomber in Manchester, self - described in past as «fighter against Gaddafi» and later «against Assad») in place of orderly and even relatively prosperous countries you can't really blame NK for wanting to have a proper deterrent against same fate.

Rawlings also joining in condemning the situation said: «While this frightening experience may no doubt serve as a deterrent to the use of Libya as a gateway to Europe, we must still add our voices to the call to our Libyan brothers to show a little more compassion to our vulnerable black African brothers and sisters.»

We'll still be the fourth largest defence power in the world, he continued, and listed retention of Britain's nuclear deterrent, a world class new aircraft carrier, a new fleet of destroyers and the new Typhoon fighter as evidence that Britain will remain a «full spectrum defence player.»

Any hypothetical military engagement where a nuclear armed country were to be in danger of being completely overrun would change the calculation on whether they would be willing to use nuclear weapons, but Russia probably would not, for example, use their nuclear weapons as a deterrent against attacks against their conventional troops in Ukraine, even if they were in danger of being forced out of Ukraine completely because the retaliation would cost much more to them than what they would be losing.

But these community orders shouldn't be assessed by their value as a deterrent — that is, how much potential offenders are scared by them — but rather, by their ability to restore a person's ability to lead a productive life in their community.

Poloncarz added, «This task force will serve as a strong deterrent against local providers» taking advantage of the system and, in instances when we identify waste, fraud or abuse, we now will have the ability to actually recover improper or illegal payments made to these providers.

As I have written here questions of defence, and in particular the future of the Trident nuclear deterrent, have the potential to split Labour.

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While prosecutions rose to 69 in the year 2006 - 07, they failed to gain much publicity, limiting the effect of prosecution as a deterrent to the wider community.

Peter Hodgkinson of the Centre for Capital Punishment Studies used the example of the US as a deterrent to those in the UK who may be tempted to see the practice through rose - tinted spectacles.

The Conservatives, on the other hand, reiterated in their manifesto their support for a submarine based nuclear deterrent and have subsequently made it clear that they are committed to replacing the fleet come what may, recently citing the escalating situation in far away North Korea as a legitimate argument for renewal.

Explosive detection canine teams provide a «visible, proactive deterrent factor in high - risk areas, such as mass gathering events and critical infrastructure sites,» according to the statement.

But the leader of the GFP in denial of the story making rounds in the media said:» the person behind this mischief would be drowned for peddling such untruth about me; some people don't respect at all, hence the curses will serve as a deterrent to them,» Akua Donkor told a local Journalist in the Brong Ahafo region.

0916 - PM - «We need a nuclear deterrent more than ever»: As Britain marks the 100th Vanguard patrol, Prime Minister David Cameron writes in the Daily Telegraph about why he believes it is vital to renew Trident.

In an interview with the Guardian, Ms Flint said she was concerned living in social housing could act as a deterrent to finding work, pointing to a culture of «no one works around here»In an interview with the Guardian, Ms Flint said she was concerned living in social housing could act as a deterrent to finding work, pointing to a culture of «no one works around here»in social housing could act as a deterrent to finding work, pointing to a culture of «no one works around here».