Mixed messages send the wrong signals to the Iraqi citizens.

NPR: Transcript of Presidential Debate

Mixed messages send the wrong signals to our troops.

NPR: Transcript of Presidential Debate

Mixed messages send the wrong signals to our allies.

NPR: Transcript of Presidential Debate

Peter Lederer, director of Diageo in Scotland and a senior figure in the tourism sector, said that a new tax would send the wrong signals to those thinking of investing in the Scottish economy.

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The net migration target has caused some tension within the coalition, with Lib Dems and some Tories - including Mayor of London Boris Johnson - believing it risks send the wrong signals to foreign students and hampering the economic recovery.

BBC: Annual net migration to UK falls below 200,000

France and Germany thought that would send the wrong signals while diplomatic efforts to resolve the crisis were not yet exhausted.

BBC: Europe's stumbling foreign policy

This means if you send the wrong signals, they are likely to veer off and take a pass on the opportunity.

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