Sentence examples for the perverse consequence from inspiring English sources

Have they had the perverse consequence of driving lesser insurgencies to think of targeting Times Square and American airliners, not just Kabul and Islamabad?

Transformation of child protection into an ideology has the perverse consequence of undermining the security of the very people it seeks to protect.

"This would have the perverse consequence of making the deficit worse, as the Government will still have to pay current pensions but will get no benefit from the contributions of those who leave their schemes".

The new drug coverage could also have the perverse consequence of encouraging private corporations to curtail their own retiree drug plans and dump the burden on Medicare, driving up the cost to taxpayers and leaving some of the elderly with worse coverage than they now have.

Kennedy noted that in many states inmates who are ineligible for parole are denied access to educational programs, leading to the "perverse consequence in which the lack of maturity that led to an offender's crime is reinforced by the prison term".

Just as the Qaeda leader, in Mr. Bergen's view, misjudged the consequences of the 9/11 attacks — which resulted in his terrorist organization's losing a secure base in Afghanistan — so, he argues, did Mr. Bush's decision to go to war in Iraq have the perverse consequence of breathing "new life into bin Laden's holy war".

The perverse consequences will multiply, as living costs rise while the cap is ratcheted down to bite on smaller homes.

But it is up against a force harder to combat even than the invisible hand of the market: the perverse consequences of a ramshackle regulatory and tax system.

Quite possibly, the perverse consequences of what at first blush seems like a great idea are the inevitable results of seeing nature as a resource.

Now even the prime minister must begin to see the perverse consequences of this: far from a greater closeness between the two countries, there is now a palpable estrangement.

Letters are welcome via e-mail to [email protected] reportSIR – Your briefing on the decline of the public company rightly pointed to the perverse consequences of regulation as a primary factor in its demise ("The big engine that couldn't", May 19th).