Example sentences of "it [verb] the opposite effect " in BNC.
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| 1 | one is made better because of what 's happening inside his mind , but it has the opposite effect on someone else . ’ |
| 2 | It has the opposite effect from magnification , which reduces the field of vision . |
| 3 | Unfortunately , the Budget was so unbelievably boring that it had the opposite effect . |
| 4 | He wanted to cheer Constance up but it had the opposite effect . |
| 5 | The coolly spoken words were like a bucket of ice-cold water thrown in her face , but instead of restoring her composure it had the opposite effect of stoking her anger all the more . |
| 6 | Derek Cook went close with a looping shot on 70 minutes , then blasted over from eight yards a minute later ; those misses might have demoralised Coleraine but it had the opposite effect . |
| 7 | Paradoxically , it had the opposite effect on Grant . |