Assertion: sandbag | /r/HasProperty | ineffective
Facets:
value: according to the environment agency
type: OTHER
value: relatively
type: DEGREE
value: compared with alternatives
type: OTHER
Source sentences:
text: Flooding experts also attest that sandbags are ineffective compared with alternatives, which means you can still fight off floods without back-breaking work and causing further harm to the environment.
text: They may evoke a wartime spirit, and are ubiquitous props to keep the dreaded floodwater away, and the army and two royal princes may have been lugging them along the Thames Valley, but sandbags are relatively ineffective when it comes to protecting homes compared with more modern, if sometimes expensive, alternatives, according to the Environment Agency and other experts.