Example sentences of "it had the 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 ) . |