Calling attention to an author's good looks can have the opposite of the intended effect.

Sanctions will take time to have their full intended effect.

But it is unclear whether the change will have its intended effect.

The best he could do was to hope it had the intended effect.

The gun wasn't necessary, because the chemical had its intended effect.

The ambitious changes to the league are having their intended effect.

In many ways, the law seems to have had the intended effect.

Whether it will have its intended effect remains to be seen.

So far this season, the rule changes have had their intended effect.

In one sense, the bill has had its intended effect.