Sentence examples for has the perverse effect from inspiring English sources

The rule has the perverse effect of keeping devoutly religious women out of higher education.

This has the perverse effect of discouraging banks from making new loans.

This has the perverse effect of obscuring Vivaldi's pictorial detail and adding a layer of abstraction.

This has the perverse effect of making us feel much more at ease.

Twenty songs' worth of malevolence is conveyed in a baby's whisper, which has the perverse effect of emphasising his disgust.

This has the perverse effect of forcing young people to buy handguns from sellers who — because they aren't licensed — don't have to conduct background checks.

That can have the perverse effect of discouraging work.

But the barriers have had the perverse effect of prolonging the crisis.

But that can have the perverse effect of making the banned object more enticing.

Taken together, the two sets of rules have had the perverse effect of actually penalizing New York.

Jason K. Babbie of the New York Public Interest Research Group said the cap could have the "perverse effect" of increasing demand.