Sentence examples for measures could backfire from inspiring English sources

Hastily drafted measures could backfire.

I said that we had established a good working relationship with technicians not senior-level people of the Baath Party, and I expressed my feeling that this measure could backfire.

Cooper, who said he was not entitled to attend trust meetings as president and therefore had no idea the league had offered such incentives, warned the measure could backfire.

So opposition to the healthcare measure could backfire on establishment Democrats such as Bennet and Hickenlooper, two superdelegates whose support for Clinton angered Sanders supporters, denying him significant delegate gains despite winning the caucus by 18 points.

I said that we had established a good working relationship with technicians — not senior-level people — of the Baath Party, and I expressed my feeling that this measure could backfire.

Punitive measures like denying Mr. Kerry communion could backfire, he said.

Going further, The Australian Lawyers Alliance warned harsher counter-terrorist measures, especially those targeting young people, could backfire.

McCaskill objects to Gillibrand's measure, saying it's unnecessary and could backfire on victims.

If anti-Shabab measures are too broad, Mr. Mohamud said, they could backfire.

Certainly, many opponents of gun control measures also argue that efforts to restrict gun ownership could backfire in various ways or will otherwise fail to reduce violence.

Other activists said Morsi's measures to try to impose control on the turbulent streets could backfire.