The higher cost also deters producers from hedging.

He had calculated that the high cost and possible fruitlessness of pursuit would deter them.

The cost of doing that deterred most monarchs and their ministers.

This higher cost of money deters borrowing and investment and acts as a brake on economies seeking to rebound.

The cost of this deterred the Council from approving the plan, seeing the rent being driven too high.

Such limitations and costs deter an individual from cheating in the first place.

He said yesterday that its high cost and strong earnings would deter predators.

The department, however, cautioned that costs could deter some restaurants from providing nutritional information.

McLellan says the cost of defending a potential action could deter them from doing a story.

Mr. Cass has thought about moving closer to work, but the high cost of housing in the area deterred him.