Sentence examples for if not causes from inspiring English sources

If prior beliefs about sensory input include a pathologically elevated precision, then attending to the part of the sensorium in which they are expressed will change the synaptic gain of prediction error units in order to represent this increased precision of the priors, i.e. attention to the relevant body part amplifies (if not causes) the symptom.

Or, if not caused by us, certainly made worse.

Most obviously, it hastened, if not caused, the end of the international gold standard.

Deafness, if not caused by middle-ear disease, suggests damage to the cochlear portion of the nerve.

The wave of scandal was made possible, if not caused, by a political climate in which corporate insiders got pretty much whatever they wanted.

In the first edition of my book, I had speculated that a toxic alkaloid in the seeds had significantly contributed to, if not caused, his death.

Some people believe its use by NATO in Bosnia and Kosovo has contributed to, if not caused, the cancer deaths of up to 30 former Balkan peacekeepers.

Whether "Lulu" could be maintained at Mr. Levine's customary high level was the subject of speculation, if not cause for alarm.

Shortly before he died, Mr. Armstrong told reporters and friends that his myriad problems — financial, marital and personal — were aggravated, if not caused, by the show.

As I reported in the magazine last year, the greater Bay Area is in the throes of an acute housing crisis, exacerbated, if not caused, by forces attending tech's wild ascent.

Here, we consider aging as it affects the heart and great vessels and as it serves to influence and support, if not cause, age-related cardiac diseases.