The campaign served as a dissuasion on the use of hazardous chemicals at home. From LearnThat.org.
"You ARE a chap!" said Constance, and warmed only slowly from the idea of dissuasion to the idea of help. From Wordnik.com. [Ann Veronica, a modern love story] Reference
Trafficking was still criminal, but possession was made subject to no more serious a penalty than a police citation and "dissuasion," which as a practical matter means treatment. From Wordnik.com. [MND: Your Daily Dose of Counter-Theory] Reference
But there don't seem to have any efforts at dissuasion, do there?. From Wordnik.com. [Put On By Cunning]
The strongest, because the most intelligent, dissuasion comes from. From Wordnik.com. [Unbeaten Tracks in Japan] Reference
Except that attempt at dissuasion is so transparently unconvincing. From Wordnik.com. [A Reframing I’d Like to See: Government-Enforced Childbirth] Reference
For your literary lecturing, of course, I have no word of dissuasion. From Wordnik.com. [Memoir and Letters of Francis W. Newman] Reference
Thus the kittahs must teach them better habits with gentle art of dissuasion. From Wordnik.com. [Video: Guitar Kitteh - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger?] Reference
Not the taxation aspect, but the dissuasion of the enormous to sit next to me. From Wordnik.com. [Lionel: Jumbo Jets Tax Jumbo Passengers] Reference
In fact, your strenuous efforts at dissuasion could end up reinforcing his views. From Wordnik.com. [New Pew study has interesting details about why Americans switch faiths | RELIGION Blog | dallasnews.com] Reference
In no other way does the will in any respect owe anything to my advice or dissuasion. From Wordnik.com. [Uncle Silas] Reference
He seemed to want to dissuade me, as though dissuasion had anything to do with it now. From Wordnik.com. [In the Days of the Comet] Reference
In today's Le Devoir, Brian Myles writes about punishment as a weapon of mass dissuasion. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2008-09-01] Reference
After Zebbie waters the lower book shelf, Brewer prepares the family for a frank dissuasion. From Wordnik.com. [Cormac (copy)] Reference
But its primary task is dissuasion by presence, rather than actively going after the pirates. From Wordnik.com. [Hot Spots: Somalia] Reference
The use of terror as a means of dissuasion or punishment to gain power is thousands of years old. From Wordnik.com. [The Days of the Assassin are Back] Reference
Many readers still believe, despite much dissuasion, that serious fiction is bound to be realistic. From Wordnik.com. [The Real McCoy] Reference
So that kind of thing can have a great deal of dissuasion in terms of any potential rioters out there. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Nov 9, 2005] Reference
They should include social dissuasion against conspicuous consumption, ostentatiousness and corruption. From Wordnik.com. [BUILDING A NATIONAL DEMOCRATIC SOCIETY [STRATEGY AND TACTICS OF THE ANC]] Reference
First, then, let us take laws and see how they are to be used in persuasion and dissuasion, in accusation and defence. From Wordnik.com. [Rhetoric] Reference
It is used to collect data on missile test launches related to the development of France's nuclear force de dissuasion. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2006-11-01] Reference
To be in technological possibilities of taking forward a policy of dissuasion, defense and protection of sovereignty …. From Wordnik.com. [Ecuador: Shakeup in Armed Forces Due to Troubling Findings] Reference
It was very inconvenient -- and very ridiculous -- but the moment she proposed it he assented, with only a very faint effort at dissuasion. From Wordnik.com. [The Cryptogram A Novel] Reference
Notwithstanding the repugnance and dissuasion of my colleague, I gave myself a partner in the rashness of all rather than in the prudence of one. From Wordnik.com. [The History of Rome, Books 01 to 08] Reference
For the other writers on this subject have thought it right to limit the consideration of expediency to speeches directed to persuasion or dissuasion. From Wordnik.com. [The Orations of Marcus Tullius Cicero, Volume 4] Reference
Now we find our world of science is not insulated from political dissuasion as the falsehoods of global warming dangers are now being manipulated obviously to placate Washington. From Wordnik.com. [Saul Segan: Compassion and Empathy: Endangered Species in Washington] Reference
But no dissuasion could keep him from his pious resolve. From Wordnik.com. [A History of Mediaeval Jewish Philosophy] Reference
Latimer slipped out of bed in search of a weapon of dissuasion. From Wordnik.com. [Beasts and Super-Beasts] Reference
No word is said as to the effect of the Tyrian Christians 'dissuasion. From Wordnik.com. [Expositions of Holy Scripture: the Acts] Reference
At the centre of Portugal's deeply pragmatic approach are the dissuasion boards. From Wordnik.com. [Latest news from the public and voluntary sectors, including health, children, local government and social care, plus SocietyGuardian jobs | guardian.co.uk] Reference
Knowing that further dissuasion would harden her determination, Felix said: "I'm going in the car.". From Wordnik.com. [The Freelands] Reference
Yet this dissuasion or inducement may be so conducted as to be no defined crime of which any civil court would take cognizance. From Wordnik.com. [The Writings of Abraham Lincoln — Volume 6: 1862-1863] Reference
"Today, Iraq is the target of bombing from abroad but it is limited because the (US-led) coalition represents a dissuasion force.". From Wordnik.com. [Latest Posts] Reference
"You mustn't mind me," she said presently, when Constance had quietly refused to make conjectures about the subject under dissuasion. From Wordnik.com. [Our Friend the Charlatan] Reference
"Today, Iraq is the target of bombing from abroad but it is limited because the (US-led) coalition represents a dissuasion force," he said. From Wordnik.com. [YID With LID] Reference
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