Sentence examples for would probably backfire from inspiring English sources

But that would probably backfire.

Actually, that would probably backfire terribly, wouldn't it?

But such an effort would probably backfire if it meant fewer holidays on offer overall.

Any Israeli or American-sanctioned move against him -- or even an internal coup -- would probably backfire.

Mr. Lantos said that while it was unclear whether North Korea was bluffing, he had warned officials that such tactics would probably backfire because international development groups were subjected to much oversight and regulation.

But Professor Orfield said he believed that efforts by the White House and Congress to toughen school accountability through annual testing would probably backfire, driving minority children in failing schools to repeat grades and eventually drop out.

But he indicated that meddling by outside groups in his district would likely backfire.

But its brutish behaviour will probably backfire.

But economic theory suggests several reasons why this approach will probably backfire.

The problem is, the focus on women's issues probably backfired among men.

Without NATO intervention, Qaddafi would probably have retained control over Libya, but his flamboyant televised threats to pursue the rebels in Benghazi "zanga zanga" ("from alley to alley") backfired because they raised the spectre in the Western media of a massacre.