Sentence examples for if not more effective from inspiring English sources
Although intensive efforts are being invested into developing a more targeted lupus therapy that would be, if not more effective, at least better tolerated and with fewer side effects, several recent trials examining promising new therapies were not able to demonstrate any major benefit over existing modalities.
But throughout, the territory remains stubbornly familiar; one wonders whether a more conventional and concise treatment of this topic might have been equally if not more effective.
Video-assisted CPR training appears to be feasible, enjoyable and as, if not more effective than traditional CPR courses.
Existing results suggest that acupuncture is able to alleviate headache degree and/or improve the quality of life and it is as effective, if not more effective, as prophylactic drug treatment.
"Indirect control such as that exercised by Uber, based on financial incentives and decentralised passenger-led ratings, with a scale effect, makes it possible to manage in a way that is just as — if not more — effective than management based on formal orders given by an employer to his employees and direct control over the carrying out of such orders".
The fact that it cannot be tampered with means that it would be just as effective, if not more effective, than a standard third party.
If DOT is not more effective for managing tuberculosis than is self-supervision of therapy, then acquisition and transmission of drug resistant strains should be similar in both counties.
The growing body of evidence suggesting that financial incentives can be used to increase adherence to ART and retention in care bolsters the idea that cash transfers have the potential to strengthen the HIV care continuum, and might be equally, if not more, cost-effective than nutritional support for some health outcomes, such as ART adherence [ 25, 26].
Drug and device makers have no reason to finance such trials, because insurers now pay for expensive treatments even if they aren't more effective.
You could almost wonder, if you are among those still doggedly denying Amazon and Starbucks their few hundred quid a year, if there aren't more effective ways both to engage and to chastise these behemoths.
