Sentence examples for effect defeat from inspiring English sources

There is strong evidence that vehicle manufacturers have employed a wide range of practices that are, in effect, defeat devices by another name".

But when it was pointed out to Sir Ming what effect defeat would have on his authority, he chose to lead from the front.

It was, in effect, defeated.Yet that defeat has to be managed.

The office of Maine Secretary of State Matt Dunlap had predicted that many voters would be confused by the new system or refuse to rank more than one candidate, in effect defeating the purpose of ranked choice voting.

Having in effect defeated al-Qaida in a concerted anti-terrorist campaign in 2004, the government fears the consequences of fighters returning from the battlefields of Syria and Iraq and the enthusiasm they command at home.

The promoters may be entirely within their rights to build the mosque near ground zero, but if they are trying to start a dialogue of reconciliation, it is having exactly the opposite effect, defeating the very purpose of supposedly starting a dialogue.

Identity of cause and effect defeats the very idea of causality.

The United States, Britain, France, Guatemala, Argentina, South Korea, Australia and Luxembourg abstained, in effect defeating the measure.

"Can Febreze Air Effects defeat the smelly air in their gym for good?" After the gym is sprayed with deodorizer, blindfolded volunteers are led in and asked what they smell as sweaty wrestlers grapple and lift weights nearby.

Eta was, in effect, admitting defeat.

"You've talked about the effect that defeat to Pacquiao had on you.