Example sentences of "it had [art] opposite [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Unfortunately , the Budget was so unbelievably boring that it had the opposite effect . |
| 2 | He wanted to cheer Constance up but it had the opposite effect . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | Paradoxically , it had the opposite effect on Grant . |
| 6 | In most regions , the assassination tended to unite the badly fragmented Congress Party , but in a few regions it had the opposite result , which caused that party to gain less ground in those states ) . |