It had been rehearsed under the direction of experts for the calculated effect of simple honesty.

But again, the deliberate inconsistencies and calculated effects became mannerisms.

This charming early Schumann work became a series of calculated effects.

This is unusual for me, and I wondered if it was a calculated effect.

He spends exactly 58 words on the tale, and says little more than that it "embodies a calculated effect."

It was a calculated effect, and she saw how much it pleased the men.

That was obviously a calculated effect and quite impressive-in fact he was an impressive sight altogether.

"However long it takes to have its calculated psychological effect."

His war was planned and fought with military precision, directed toward specific goals and calculated effects.

Of course, it is all a calculated effect.