(1) The first raft of fines would soon have a deterrent effect.(2) Their report points out that service personnel have no choice over whether or not weapons such as the nuclear deterrent are used, as this lies in the control of the Prime Minister.(3) The day of direct action was organised by campaign group Trident Ploughshares over a High Court judgement which ruled that Britain's nuclear deterrent was not illegal.(4) It will be backed by posters all over the town to enhance its deterrent effect.(5) Penalty rates, which once acted as a limited deterrent to employers demanding excessive overtime, were either scrapped or severely cut back.(6) Police believe this may result from the areas having fewer walkers, who act as eyes and ears for the police and whose presence may also be a deterrent to thieves.(7) A fine of u00a3200, plus damages of u00a3100 may be a deterrent to others.(8) Cdr Lister has joined an elite band of men at the helm of Britain's nuclear deterrent .(9) Last year this figure rose to 374 as the deterrent effect of penalty points wore off.(10) Originally, North Korea saw a nuclear deterrent as the cheapest and most effective means of defence.(11) There does not appear to be effective preventative or deterrent measures to cope with this rise in attacks.(12) An independent nuclear deterrent , the Force de Frappe, was a prestigious symbol of this new policy.(13) Thus the culture of automobile travel would be a powerful deterrent to the successful utilisation of the proposed train.(14) He concentrates on the British independent nuclear deterrent , and concludes that it is an extravagance whose raison d' u00eatre expired with the Soviet Union.(15) Finally, France decided to build its own nuclear deterrent .(16) Some experts argue that the deterrent effect of a punishment like caning is more potent than the current penal system.
