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The phrase "are effective only when" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to specify conditions under which something is effective or successful.
Example: "These strategies are effective only when implemented consistently over time."
Alternatives: "are successful solely when" or "work effectively just when".
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They believed that traditional Korean medications are effective only when taken early and that the effects of these medications might occur later rather than earlier because they are restorative medications rather than cures.
Blacklists are effective only when a website is requested directly.
Some vaccines are effective only when alive and therefore potentially dangerous.
But they are effective only when it is applied externally, and in its undiluted form).
Videos, like pictures, are effective only when the people looking at them are willing to really see what's there.
Remote sensing is a better alternative, but the metal sensors currently in use break down over time and are effective only when placed exactly where breakage would occur.
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Also, agreeing with the in vitro studies that showed ignorable cytotoxic effect in the absence of caspase-3, the prodrug was effective only when combined with radiotherapy without any noticeable systemic toxicity in vivo.
Apparently, Mr. Grubman is effective only when stock prices are rising.
First, they're effective only when the excess workload is sporadic rather than chronic.
It is effective only when carried out in a bipartisan way.
Training is effective only when designed intentionally to achieve discrete, and often narrow, outcomes.
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