One of the biggest deterrents to jury duty may be insoluble.

"But interest rates are clearly the biggest deterrent" to higher prices, he said.

Apparently, security concerns are a big deterrent to doing business on the Web.

Forcing athletes to pay back money would be a bigger deterrent to cheating, she said.

Weight control is one of the most important reasons girls begin smoking and the biggest deterrent preventing women from quitting.

As many a broken resolution demonstrates, those consequences often are not a big enough deterrent.

"The loss of Medicaid especially is a big deterrent," she said.

That's a bigger deterrent to most of the girls I know than any unit count.

The surest way to reduce emissions is a big economic deterrent, like a carbon tax.

"That is the biggest deterrent as to why most Jamaican parents won't send their kids home."