1.   Also, the small size of the market may deter companies from selling the bonds.

2.   Although Mobil stopped using the ponds more than two years ago, Carter said the suit was needed to deter the company from using them again.

3.   Banking shares also fell, on concerns higher interest rates could deter companies from borrowing money.

4.   A spokeswoman for Tele-Communications, LaRae Marsik, said the letter would not deter the company from its Canadian plan.

5.   But government officials and industry experts admit the new program has only been partially successful in deterring meatpacking companies from hiring illegal aliens.

6.   But other experts say that what deters companies from developing those drugs is mainly the small market size, not the lack of patent protection.

7.   For now, say industry observers, the threat to kick companies that set their own prices out of the ratings organization has deterred companies from taking aggressive action.

8.   Foreign governments have warned that cancellation of the project would jeopardize international confidence in India and deter overseas companies from investing.

9.   Higher U.S. interest rates can attract investors away from emerging market equities and can deter companies from taking on debt to expand.

10.   Such challenges seem not to deter those companies that believe in cells.