I realize now that I have tried to make my work the 'exact opposite' of my father's. [=to make my work as different as possible from my father's]
He used to be romantic, but now he's the 'exact opposite'. [=now he is not at all romantic]
He came a long way—from Nome, Alaska, 'to be exact'—to attend the wedding.
(..) They were firing at the surface. Location? Western hemisphere. North American Continent. - A missile complex in Montana. - A missile complex? Data, I need to know the exact date. April th, . April th. The day before First Contact. The missile complex must be where Cochrane is building his ship. (..)1996 Star Trek: First Contact