Sentence examples for if not lacking from inspiring English sources

A further comparison with the international literature aimed at the economics of CAM therapies shows that research in this field is almost entirely restricted to specific indications and procedures[ 6], whereas studies adopting health system perspective are currently of low quality if not lacking at all[ 7].

So, for instance, if we agree that a person who offends, as an adult, as a result of childhood deprivation is not responsible for his action, we need to explain what, here, nullifies responsibility if not lack of control over causes of the agent's actions.

If there is one thing not lacking in the operation of the U.S. oil industry today, it is rules.

These needs are very inadequately met at present leading to a prison environment that is characterised by high transmission rates of communicable disease, increased risks of mental disease and specific health conditions, stressful and violent conditions of detention, and poor if not completely lacking measures to control detrimental health habits [ 7, 8].

Although no-one in the field of synaptic plasticity, or in the field of brain dysfunction with aging, would deny the importance of membrane lipids, particularly of cholesterol, for either of these processes, relevant information is scarce if not completely lacking.

Duplicity/Integration of CBMIS Activities: Harmonization and integration of CBMIS with CCB activities at the implementation (district) level was noted to be very poor, if not totally lacking, in all the CBMIS districts visited, excluding Kabale, where a holistic approach has been started.

If she doesn't lack the courage of her convictions, she lacks the clarity of her convictions".

In the period following these successes, Menotti began to feel restless in America, even if he did not lack work.

If it's not lack of food, it is the fear of being killed when you step out of your house to go to work", he said.

The Hazare movement exposed a populist rage toward India's political class and a lack of public confidence in the efficacy of India's democratic institutions, if not a lack of confidence in Indian democracy.

I'm astonished that the article about Anna Hazare's popular anti-corruption movement in India asserts that his efforts may have exposed, among other things, "a lack of public confidence in the efficacy of India's democratic institutions, if not a lack of confidence in Indian democracy" ("Questions and cheers greet end of activist's fast," news analysis, Aug. 29).