Sentences with phrase «exact opposite effect»

In the worst case scenario, strategic voting can actually have the exact opposite effect: taking votes away from the candidate most able to defeat a Conservative, allowing the Conservative to win.

People have tried to off Gods in the past, yet it is demonstrably true that the exact opposite effect has occurred, thus actually growing and reinforcing the church in numbers.

Had the exact opposite effect on me.

The exact opposite effect has happened.

So the intervention for the self - esteem issue — the rewards he's given to feel better about himself — often have the exact opposite effect.

This would be the exact opposite effect of what we want to achieve with compression socks.

While you may experience external pressure to «put your baby down» for fear of spoiling him or her, creating dependence on you, or delaying their physical development, know that extensive research supports the exact opposite effects of holding your baby.

Indeed, to the contrary, this misguided application of satire had the exact opposite effect in that many found the statement so off - putting that they either wouldn't bother to read the rest of the article or were so offended they were then hostile to the message.

«For the time being any past leader and even those who held office at the highest level have to be circumspect - including me - about our pronouncements and interventions which might have the exact opposite effect as was intended,» he accepts, before adding: «It doesn't mean that any of us simply should be told to get back in the box and go away, and fail to express a lifetime's experience or commitment to the party, but it does mean we need to be very careful.»

How much more proof do we need to show that Governor Cuomo's so - called SAFE Act is having the exact opposite effect on crime supporters said it would?

Redundant, costly and unnecessary policies will have the exact opposite effect.

«My concern is that it's going to have the exact opposite effect, cause more accidents, cause more fatalities.»

People are taking human growth hormone in order to increase longevity, and may be having the exact opposite effect.

We get that you're often too tired to even walk after a hard day at work so you decide to hit the sack for a power nap before your afternoon training, and it's all good as long as you don't overdo it — sleeping more than 30 minutes is not a power nap anymore because it can easily produce the exact opposite effect, i.e. you'll wake up feeling even more drained than before.

A recent study that was published in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition found that the increased intake of oleic acid, combined with a decrease in the consumption of palmitic acid increased fat burning and energy expenditure, while an increase in palmitic acid consumption had the exact opposite effects.

However, research has shown that eating white rice for three or four times a week is likely to increase the risk of type 2 diabetes while eating the same amount of brown rice has shown to have the exact opposite effect.

Prolonged bouts of elevated body temperature have been known to worsen skin conditions such as eczema and rosacea which is the exact opposite effect we were hoping to achieve.

Long chained fatty acids have the exact opposite effect.

So, adding in hormones without first TESTING for hormone levels can actually have the exact opposite effect of what you want, or create a new problem.

In several studies, bad relationships have had the exact opposite effect.

This actually leads to a less stable spine, meaning a greater chance of injury - the exact opposite effect from what we want.

Training single muscles leads to the exact opposite effect, instead causing an unstable, injury prone spine.

It would never make me want to buy this perfume, in fact it would have the exact opposite effect,» said June immediately.

In fact it will have the exact opposite effect.

In contrast, the three principals in The Scalphunters chatter constantly, something that produces the exact opposite effect by pushing them beneath the realm of human concern.

In fact, I feel my efforts have had the exact opposite effect.

Governor Doug Ducey then entered the picture taking a page from Indiana Governor Pence's save - Common - Core playbook where you claim you're against Common Core yet your actions have the exact opposite effect.

If too few, too many or too confusing, however, the exact opposite effect will be achieved.

Evidence: The empirical results show the exact opposite effect.

The last thing you want is to purchase a treat labeled as «wheat free» dog treat, only for it to have the exact opposite effects on your dog, since only the packaging was marked as wheat - free yet the actual content is made of wheat.

This is aside from the issue that these laws have the exact opposite effects of their intentions.

The more graphic the violence, the more emotionally detached I become from the horrors unfolding on the screen, the exact opposite effect a good movie should have.

Technology was supposed to make things easier and more efficient, but it seems to have the exact opposite effect.

Otherwise, all these unnecessary questions will have the exact opposite effect on your interviewer.

Needless to say, this blithe phrase usually has the exact opposite effect.

Unfortunately, this has the exact opposite effect: Research shows that utilizing criticism sabotages our being listened to by our partners.

In fact, most of these instances have had the exact opposite effect, with pricing continuing to drive up.

Only a bureaucrat's wishy - washy committee - driven group - think thinking patterns could come up with a document ostensibly designed to create an easily understood transparent exposure of a building's condition in theory that miraculously achieves in reality the exact opposite effect.

Also, if you're thinking of Benadryl for him during the flight... Practice with it BEFORE leaving for home — didn't do that and it had the EXACT opposite effect on them!!?