Prompting Europe's Nato members once again to take an interest in defending themselves will not be on the Kremlin's list of desired outcomes.
The desired effect was achieved, with Burberry committing to rid its manufacturing process of toxic, perflourinated chemicals by 2020, as well as increasing supply chain transparency.
We need to lower the regulatory barriers to entry which have limited clinical benefits: right-touch regulation is regulation which is fit for purpose, with the minimum regulatory intervention to achieve the desired result.
If the prime minister was indeed referring to New College, his timing might also be said to leave something to be desired.
He states on his website: "With an extremely strong emphasis on participatory planning, [I hope] to integrate architecture and democracy to bring about desired social and physical regeneration in the country".
Kutsuplus lets riders specify their own desired pick-up points and destinations via smartphone; these requests are aggregated, and the app calculates an optimal route that most closely satisfies all of them.
The Qataris insist that the increased number of inspectors is starting to have the desired effect, but widespread examples of mistreatment on the ground remain.
And Dave says the washing up sometimes leaves a little to be desired, mentioning a lipstick-stained coffee cup that he sent back recently.
Whether that has fully had the desired effect can be debated after starting the season giving up two late goals, turning four points into just one in league play while at the same time bowing out of the CONCACAF Champions League.
Or could it be, as some suggest, a liaison that will enable Desmond to obtain a desired peerage?
When he arrived in March 2002, Herrington despaired to see that military and civilian interrogators had no idea who their new charges were, reversing the desired dynamic of the "omniscient" interrogator.
