Unfortunately, acting like Bruce Willis in Die Hard usually has the opposite of the intended effect.
Yet there are two principal reasons why it may not have the intended effect.
But eventually her words had the intended effect, because I got serious about my studies.
In other words, the special levy would have to be adjusted upward until the intended effect is achieved.
The intended effect, however, was the same: to speed up Mr Blair's departure.
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Gates strategy had its intended effect--it blunted the competition and paved the way for the eventual runaway success of Windows 3.0.
Analysis of tissue from mice killed during the course of the experiment showed that the drug was having its intended effect.
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Critics and defenders of the law have argued over just what it allows, when it applies, and whether it achieves its intended effect.
So far the government's takeover of the troubled mortgage company Fannie Mae has had the intended effect, boosting confidence in the mortgage market.
Unfortunately, SQ 755 has had the opposite of its intended effect.
It would seem that the question whether the Basel III requirements are having their intended effect seems to have been answered by this potential delay.
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Most mainstream economists believe these Keynsian policies have the intended effect.
Because of their small size the mipomersen trials were not powered to assess cardiovascular outcomes, though cardiovascular benefit is of course the ultimate intended effect of the drug.
Former President Bush gave a great example of a residues speech that had the intended effect back in 2001 when he discussed the issue of using stem cells in scientific research.
Still, Firefox's advances have already had their intended effect: to present web surfers with a viable alternative to the monopoly, and thus to restart much-need innovation in browser technology, even by Microsoft itself.
The Stop Online Privacy Act (SOPA) and the Protect IP Act (PIPA) have reasonable intents, but are singularly poorly constructed, seemingly drafted because the Digital Millennium Copyright Act was not producing the intended effect.
The economy needs the help that the JOBS Act will provide, and we need to continue to work toward it having its intended effect while protecting those who will invest as a result of it.
That reduction in cost can be passed on to foreign consumers in the form of lower export prices, which could mitigate entirely the intended effect of the currency adjustment, which is to reduce U.S. imports from China.
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If the search engineers at Google want evidence that their recent adjustment of their algorithm to favor higher-quality content is having the intended effect on content creators, they need look no further than the PaidContent 2011 conference.
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But if the toxic effects were caused directly by the intended effect of the drug (blocking gamma secretase), that would raise serious questions as to whether it is safe to continue with other trials of gamma secretase drugs now ongoing at other drug companies including Bristol-Myers Squibb.
The cuts, called a "sequester" in Washington-speak, were never intended to take effect but were instead aimed at driving the two sides to a large budget bargain.
Capital gains also aren't indexed for inflation, so a lower rate is intended to offset the effect of inflated gains.
The new regulations were intended to go into effect in June 2012, but the FDA announced today that it will push back enforcement of the rules until mid-December 2012.
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In addition, as the BBC's interview with the son of the man who invented the Polio vaccine showed, the particular vaccination being administered seems to have problems (it seems to have the opposite effect than intended).
But always such addresses are crafted for effect and consciously intended to sway and influence.
However the recent clarification may actually have the opposite effect on its intended goal, forcing insurers to quickly move high-risk individuals en masse to the exchanges.
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The Federal Reserve recently announced planned changes that will close certain loopholes within the new credit card law (CARD Act), increasing its comprehensive enforceability and more closely reconciling its actual effect with its intended purpose.
Between them, the three components of each of the planned buildings have about a dozen different plans for window configurations and setbacks, an effect the architects intended to help reflect the architectural diversity of the area.
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