Example sentences of "exactly the [adj] effect " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Prussian government passed legislation designed to Germanise landholdings in the border districts , but these laws were so badly framed and so crudely implemented that they had exactly the reverse effect from that intended . |
| 2 | Have exactly the same effect on behaviour . |
| 3 | Waiting list initiatives have had exactly the same effect — because money was diverted to solve a politically sensitive problem , health care rationing priorities have been distorted so that in some cases cash rather than clinical need dictates who gets treated . |
| 4 | These , these two keys produce exactly the same effect . |
| 5 | There is the same distinction between ‘ consumer deals ’ and others — the distinction having exactly the same effect . |
| 6 | The defamiliarizing principle in art has exactly the same effect on its material ‘ ingredients ’ : it subordinates and transforms the way they are in non-literary circumstances . |
| 7 | This would tend to slow down capital turnover of old , inefficient equipment , exactly the opposite effect that is required . ’ |
| 8 | This will have exactly the opposite effect and they will then be able to relax without appearing to have insulted a host 's favourite pet . |
| 9 | If the piece-rate was raised in an attempt to persuade the workers to produce more output , exactly the opposite effect was obtained as individuals would only produce the ( lower ) quantity required to meet their cash target . |
| 10 | But instead of calming him down , they had exactly the opposite effect . |
| 11 | However , while the advisory team 's views had the undoubted consequence of making many Leeds primary classrooms seem busier and more attractive , the beneficial consequences for children 's learning were less clear ; and for some teachers , the claim of ‘ flexibility ’ had exactly the opposite effect , strait-jacketing them into practices to which they had no real commitment and which they had difficulty in managing . |
| 12 | It seems Cheltenham 's artistic attempt to engender friendship is having exactly the opposite effect , for the time being at least . |