sufficient deterrent
collocation in Englishmeaningsofsufficientanddeterrent
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sufficient
adjective
uk/səˈfɪʃ.ənt/us/səˈfɪʃ.ənt/
enough for a ...
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deterrent
noun[C]
uk/dɪˈter.ənt/us/dɪˈter.ənt/
something that deters people from ...
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(Definition ofsufficientanddeterrentfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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The idea behind it was that simple detention would not be asufficientdeterrent.
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It is certainly not too far-fetched to argue that they did not provide asufficientdeterrentfor persons involved in potentially violent conflicts.
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It is asufficientdeterrentto irresponsibility but it is not sufficient reason for singling out those who are redundant for still further punishment.
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The risk of serious financial loss should be asufficientdeterrentto fruit importers.
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I appreciate that revocation might be asufficientdeterrent.
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Odious publicity is not in itself always asufficientdeterrent.
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We are all agreed that we ought to be prepared to build up asufficientdeterrentto prevent such aggression.
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Nor is it an answer to say that the penalties for carrying arms can be increased and that this will be asufficientdeterrent.
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Let us have asufficientdeterrenton the same grounds.
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I wholeheartedly agree that the penalties—even given the amendments—are by no means asufficientdeterrent.
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The public do not consider that asufficientdeterrent.
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The prospect of a prison sentence of almost any duration would be asufficientdeterrentto encourage such people to comply with regulations.
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That does not look very much as if the punishment was asufficientdeterrent.
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One concern is whether corporate liability alone might fail to provide asufficientdeterrent, particularly within large or group companies.
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Surely, if a person speaks to two women in this way and is therefore liable to be arrested for persistence, that is asufficientdeterrent.
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I believe that in the west our strength on the ground is at present asufficientdeterrent.
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The effort put into checking all transactions is clearly disproportionate, while sampling is unlikely to havesufficientdeterrenteffect.
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No such punishment has, however, had to be inflicted, as the fact that this penalty existed has been asufficientdeterrent.
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Apparently that is not asufficientdeterrent, and the right bon.
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The traffic jams that one sees on television are, after all, a quitesufficientdeterrentto a holiday in the south-west.
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