:* If a lone magpie is seen, one should salute it as a form of respect.

If a team trades its lone All-Star before the game, its league's All-Star Game manager is not required to include another player from that team.

If a lone mercenary spots a player, he occasionally runs for help, signaling reinforcements through use of flareguns.

If a lone guard sees the spy, they have to tag him.

If a speaker of English were simply to decide that alone ' comes apart ' as a-lone ( like afoot, around, aloft, astern ) rather than as al-one ( like although, already, altogether ), there would be no way of knowing ( or caring ) that any such novel interpretation had taken place — unless and until something happened, and that something of course is the appearance of the novelty lone ( as an attributive adjective.

# If, as we are told, Lee Harvey Oswald was the lone assassin, where is the issue of national security?

If the Black Locust is cut, split, and cured while relatively young ( within ten years ), thus minimizing beetle damage, " spitting " problems are minimal.

If a beetle infestation is sufficiently heavy, they may cause bees to abandon their hive.

If a three-stage cycle does exist, it is likely that the Salt Creek tiger beetle spends over a year in the third larval stage.

If one follows the reports of the Congress, one finds that there still seems considerable uncertainty in the minds of the leaders themselves about what exactly to do in this matter.

If an attack finds you without a prepared shelter

If, at any time during the assignment pass, the compiler finds that there are no more index words available for assignment, the warning message `` No More Index Words Available '' will be placed in the object program listing, the table will be altered to show that index words 1 through 96 are available, and the assignment will continue as before.

If the compiler finds that there are no more electronic switches available for assignment, the warning message `` No More Electronic Switches Available '' will be placed in the object program listing, the table will be altered to show that electronic switches 1 through 30 are available, and assignment will continue as before.

If the appellate court finds no defect, it " affirms " the judgment.

If one quantizes a real scalar field, then one finds that there is only one kind of annihilation operator ; therefore, real scalar fields describe neutral bosons.

If another machine has that address, it will pick another address, and keep trying until it finds a free one.

If, however, the court finds that the current dispute is fundamentally distinct from all previous cases ( called a " matter of first impression "), judges have the authority and duty to make law by creating precedent.

If a cracker finds a computer, they can try a port scan to detect and attack services on that computer.

If this issue is raised, evidence will be placed before the court, which will normally rule as a preliminary matter whether the plea is substantiated, and if it so finds, the projected trial will be prevented from proceeding.

If the prosecutor moves for a mistrial, there is no bar to retrial if the trial judge finds " manifest necessity " for granting the mistrial.

If the judge finds such probable cause, he or she binds, or holds over, the suspect for trial.

If the court finds that the respondent is " seriously mentally impaired ," he or she will be placed in a psychiatric hospital for further evaluation and possibly treatment.

If the owner of a deactivated, or frozen, account finds the reason for deactivation invalid, they may contact the Neopets support team and possibly have their account reactivated.

If the court finds that presented evidence is not sufficient to support the charges or that a motion to render a judgment without substantial consideration of a case is submitted in violation of the requirements stipulated by the Criminal Procedure Code of Georgia, it shall return the case to the prosecution.

If the attacker finds a match, he knows that his guess is the actual password for the associated user.

* If the pope finds that the king who has been elected by the princes is unworthy of the imperial dignity, the princes must elect a new king or, if they refuse, the pope will confer the imperial dignity upon another king ; for the Church stands in need of a patron and defender.

If the Supreme Court finds any referred part unconstitutional, the entire bill falls.

: If any pilgrim monk come from distant parts, if with wish as a guest to dwell in the monastery, and will be content with the customs which he finds in the place, and do not perchance by his lavishness disturb the monastery, but is simply content with what he finds: he shall be received, for as long a time as he desires.

If a non-probability survey conducted in the United States finds that 59 % percent of its respondents support a piece of legislation that is the only conclusion that can be drawn, no statement about the target population can be made.

If one measures by arc length one finds that the shortest path connecting two points lying entirely in the sphere is a segment of the great circle containing the points ; see geodesic.

If one finds a stranded whale corpse, one is in charge of holding the funeral for the " Lord " as if it was one's own parent.

If one finds that a given feature was there first, it cannot have originated at Rome.

If we are to believe what Cameron finds way down there, E. T.

If there is a sufficiently large maggot mass they will not colonize the carcass.

If a carcass is infested with maggots, many of the Nicrophorinae will abandon the carcass while members of Silphinae will feed on the maggots.

If any of us miss, they can pick up the pieces.

`` If you can conveniently let me have twenty dollars '', he wrote one friend in 1791 when he was Secretary of the Treasury.

If we cannot stop warfare in our own economic system, how can we expect to abolish it internationally??

If our sincerity is granted, and it is granted, the discrepancy can only be explained by the fact that we have come to believe hearsay and legend about ourselves in preference to an understanding gained by earnest self-examination.

If Mrs. Wright doesn't accept the terms in the morning, I'll go either to Tokyo or to Holland, to do what I can.

If within one year you can make a success out of the American, you can practically name your own salary thereafter.

If it is not one of his best books, it can only be considered unsatisfactory when compared with his own Garibaldi.

If there be a disinterested patriot in America, 'tis General Washington, and his bravery, none can question ''.

`` If you can firmly make the good knight sure to pleasure our Corporation '', Sturley wrote, `` besides that ordinary allowance for your diet you shall have 20 for recompence ''.

If man is actually the product of his environment and if science can discover the laws of human nature and the ways in which environment determines what people do, then someone -- a someone probably standing outside traditional systems of values -- can turn around and develop completely efficient means for controlling people.

If the manner of his passing moves the nations to act in the spirit of his dedication the sore issues that plague the world can yet be resolved with reason and justice.

If they do as well as they did in 1960 there can be no complaint.

If he can bounce back with one of those 25 home runs years, the club will have to be better off offensively.

If it will simply delay the debates until the qualifications are closed next spring, and then carry all the candidates on a tour of debates, it can provide a service to the state.

`` If the day should ever come that foreign invaders swarm ashore along the Gulf Coast '', the account reads, `` they can count on heavy opposition from a group of commando-trained telephone employees -- all girls.

If we cluster together, the redcoats can make an advantage out of it, but there's not a blessed thing they can do with two or three of us except chase us, and we can outrun them ''.

If there is anything which we can do in the executive branch of the Government to speed up the processes by which we come to decisions on matters on which we must act promptly, that in itself would be a major contribution to the conduct of our affairs.

If the target can change its position significantly during the 30 minutes the missile is in the air on its way, the probability of the missile destroying the target is drastically reduced.

If your state has no provisions for the numbering of pleasure boats, you must apply for a number from the U.S. Coast Guard for any kind of boat with mechanical propulsion rated at more than 10 horsepower before it can be used on Federal waterways.

If there are any major restrictions, they usually can be obtained in printed form.

Note: If 1/2-inch panel board is used inside and out, or 5/8-inch one side and 3/8-inch the other, and 1/8-inch glass is used, stock lumber in Af, Af, and Af can be used in making the glass panels.