Too many observers forget that China s nuclear force is a deterrent only far too small to be a first strike force. And China is among the first countries prepared to make a no first use pledge, provided other nuclear powers reciprocate.

Tidings containing a deterrent have come to them

Tidings containing a deterrent have come to them

And there came to them news containing a deterrent.

And there came to them news containing a deterrent.

And there have come to them such tidings as contain a deterrent

And there have come to them such tidings as contain a deterrent

And assuredly there hath come Unto them tidings wherein is a deterrent.

And assuredly there hath come Unto them tidings wherein is a deterrent.

The primary purpose of sanctions in the cartel context is as a deterrent.

The presence of these forces is an increasingly important deterrent to the resumption of hostilities.

Its detection capabilities already represent a significant deterrent to any would be testers of nuclear weapons.

They can serve both as an incentive to forego the acquisition of WMD and as a deterrent.

Thus We made it a deterrent for their generation, and for subsequent generations, and a lesson for the righteous.

Thus We made it a deterrent for their generation, and for subsequent generations, and a lesson for the righteous.

As long as some countries placed strategic reliance on nuclear weapons as a deterrent, other countries would emulate them.

Real or perceived political instability has represented the principal deterrent to foreign and regional investment in plants and equipment.

United Nations inspections combined with sanctions may have been a deterrent to Iraq in continuing its biological weapons programme.

Complete the CTBTO s verification regime, which all states should support as a powerful deterrent to any would be nuclear testers.

Thus, the Senegalese delegation is of the view that rigorous application of such sanctions would act as a real deterrent.

As long as such a hostile policy continues, the self defensive nuclear deterrent means will likewise continue to be strengthened.

Such progress will not only bring to justice perpetrators of heinous crimes but also serve as a deterrent to future atrocities.

And We made it a deterrent unto those of their day and those after them, and an exhortation unto the God fearing.

And We made it a deterrent unto those of their day and those after them, and an exhortation unto the God fearing.

Locked in a self imposed conceptual paralysis that does not allow for a non military solution, Israel refuses to see that Hamas s rocket attacks on Israeli territory are not intended to draw Israel into an invasion. Instead, they are an attempt to establish a new deterrent against Israel that would force it to agree to a cease fire ( Tahdiye) .

The Syria dominated Arab Deterrent Force did not fare much better when it intervened in Lebanon s civil war in the 1980s, failing either to end the brutal fighting or to secure vulnerable Palestinian refugees. After 1982, when the Lebanese government failed to extend the ADF s mandate, it turned into a purely Syrian military force one that ended up committing some of the worst atrocities against Palestinian factions and refugees in the so called War of the Camps in 1985.

Do not make Allah a deterrent through your oaths, that you be righteous, cautious, and reform between people. Surely, Allah is Hearing and Knowing.

Do not make Allah a deterrent through your oaths, that you be righteous, cautious, and reform between people. Surely, Allah is Hearing and Knowing.

And We made it a deterrent punishment for those who were present and those who succeeded them and a lesson for those who fear Allah.

And We made it a deterrent punishment for those who were present and those who succeeded them and a lesson for those who fear Allah.

In addition, Tunisian criminal law applies deterrent provisions to those who violate these arrangements, in support of the national effort aimed at regulating this sector.

The situation of de facto impunity arising from this situation of exile can only undermine respect for international law and thereby lessen its deterrent effect.

That makes you pause gives you some pause those of you who believe that a death penalty's going to have an enormous deterrent effect on crime.

The indictment of those criminals will serve as a stark deterrent to would be perpetrators of such crimes when they see that the Court means business.

Indeed, the Court represents a formidable instrument for combating impunity and a powerful deterrent against the future commission of atrocities, war crimes and crimes against humanity.

The full deployment of the MONUC South Kivu brigade will allow MONUC to adopt an improved deterrent posture along the Democratic Republic of the Congo Burundi border.

It's an economic force it's a technical force.

As for the thief, whether male or female, cut their hands as a penalty for what they have reaped a deterrent from God. God is Mighty and Wise.

As for the thief, whether male or female, cut their hands as a penalty for what they have reaped a deterrent from God. God is Mighty and Wise.

Cut off the hands of thieves, whether they are male or female, as a deterrent punishment from God for what they have done. God is almighty and wise.

Cut off the hands of thieves, whether they are male or female, as a deterrent punishment from God for what they have done. God is almighty and wise.

States' implementation of the travel ban and similar national prohibitions continues to serve as an important deterrent to terrorists, forcing them to risk obtaining and using false documents.

This is not about overwhelming force, but proportional force.

They realized that using force against force doesn't work.

On the contrary, they strengthen those laws, taking into account the fact that terrorism is a serious crime for which deterrent punishments are imposed under the Jordanian Penal Code.