great deterrent

collocation in English

meaningsofgreatanddeterrent

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great
adjective
uk
/ɡreɪt/us
/ɡreɪt/
large in amount, size, ...
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deterrent
noun[C]
uk
/dɪˈter.ənt/us
/dɪˈter.ənt/
something that deters people from ...
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(Definition ofgreatanddeterrentfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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The paperback price is reasonable for a specialist volume and nogreatdeterrentto personal ownership.
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That was agreatdeterrent.
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That is agreatdeterrent.
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That will be agreatdeterrent.
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We are told that corporal punishment is agreatdeterrent.
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That is what gives them suchgreatdeterrentpower.
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How many times have we heard about the "greatdeterrent"?
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The fear of death is not a verygreatdeterrent.
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I think the wheel clamps will be agreatdeterrent.
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The "greatdeterrent" is no more than a great delusion.
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All parties are committed to thegreatdeterrent, and it is our duty to see that thegreatdeterrentleads us to peace.
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Those bases are to-day agreatdeterrent.
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Shortage of labour is thegreatdeterrentto production in the country today.
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That has agreatdeterrenteffect on overtime and extra working.
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Very often there is agreatdeterrentin the way of these people.
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There is no doubt that planning is agreatdeterrentto development.
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That is agreatdeterrent—one which we shall ignore at our peril—to overseas visitors.
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I will not argue the case for thegreatdeterrentof hanging.
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There is agreatdeterrenteffect in the combined effort of all the police forces.
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Indeed, the presence of a police officer is agreatdeterrentto crime.
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Why has prison, supposedly such agreatdeterrentin the criminal justice system, failed to work?
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All these facts must be a verygreatdeterrentto purchase.
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It has been freely said that the fear of detection is agreatdeterrent.
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We should all agree with that: the mere certainty of penalty is agreatdeterrent.
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I believe that the £5 penalty, properly enforced, is going to be a verygreatdeterrent.
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