intended consequence
collocation in Englishmeaningsofintendedandconsequence
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intended
noun[C usually singular]
uk/ɪnˈten.dɪd/us/ɪnˈten.dɪd/
the person that you are going ...
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consequence
noun[C]
uk/ˈkɒn.sɪ.kwəns/us/ˈkɑːn.sə.kwəns/
a result of a particular action or situation, often one that is bad or ...
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(Definition ofintendedandconsequencefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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Anintendedconsequenceof the amendment would be to make it harder to come to early decisions.
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That does not seem to be theintendedconsequence.
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I doubt whether thatintendedconsequencewill flow from what we have before us today.
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I do not believe that that is anintendedconsequenceof the amendment.
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If it is not anintendedconsequence, what does she intend to do about it?
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It is born out of chaos, and in many cases that is worse than anyintendedconsequence.
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Oneintendedconsequenceof that will be to speed up things.
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I cannot believe that when the rules were drafted, that was theintendedconsequence.
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Was that theintendedconsequence?
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That is not theintendedconsequence.
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However, this perspective cannot account for goal-directed behavior in which organisms employ variable means to reliably attain intended consequences.
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Intended consequences are intentions, not consequences, and consequentialists who ground their theory in intentions are well on their way to abandoning consequentialism.
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The same general approach may be useful in sustaining any desirable pattern of action where the intended consequences are remote, such as political efforts on behalf of world peace. 11.
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It is the rational contradiction in one's will that makes an action wrong, a certain rational inconsistency, not the actual or intended consequences of the action.
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It believes that triggering the special powers should depend on the nature of the intended consequences of the action.
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In case anyone does not know, this basic law of government holds that the unintended consequences of any legislation are normally greater than the intended consequences.
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We will need to ensure that we have checked the full intended consequences of the proposed changes, and that we have picked up any unintended consequences.
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In a case of this kind, governments and those in an industry focus on the intended consequences but other people on the fringes get caught up in the unintended consequences.
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What we are talking about in this debate is the total of public expenditure, the total of the borrowing requirement, and the intended consequences of deliberately increasing it.
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