If, for example, the overall goal is to win a war against another country, one strategy might be to undermine the other nation's ability to wage war by preemptively annihilating their military forces.

If the home nation's military will not cooperate, or if filming in the home nation is too expensive, another country's may assist.

If preparations had not been made, the controlling nation's regular homeland stamps would be overprinted with a local name.

If an organisation in New Zealand intends to describe itself as a bank and intends to use the word bank in its title it must first receive approval and official registration and thus licence from the nation's central bank, the Reserve Bank of New Zealand.

If Tongyong Pinyin more adequately met the nation's needs, the ROC had reason enough to adopt it.

For example, the Lee Teng-hui criticized President Chen Shui-bian for equating the " Republic of China " with " Taiwan " saying " If we continue to use the " Republic of China " as the nation's title, China may view our nation ( as a rebellion group )... Taiwan itself is a nation " while campaigning for a TSU candidate in danger of losing the race to five other DPP candidates.

If implemented, the plans would return some of the nation's fastest trains to Chicago as it had in the 1930s and 1940s when the Twin Cities 400 and Hiawatha were based in the city.

If a government ( or, if authorized to operate independently in this area, the central bank itself ) doesn't consider the market-driven change to its currency value to be in the nation's best interests, it can intervene.

On February 8, 2007 it was announced by Network World that: " If the United States found itself under a major cyberattack aimed at undermining the nation's critical information infrastructure, the Department of Defense is prepared, based on the authority of the President, to launch [...] an actual bombing of an attack source or a cyber counterattack.

But Andersson's gorgeous folk-sourced melodies ( like a Swedish Grieg ) spirited us forward from one accordian-flecked knees-up and effusive ballad to the next ... If ever a piece sung a nation's pride, this is it.

If the Union conceded this to them, the same right must be conceded to each remaining state whenever it saw fit to secede: This would destroy the federal balance between it and the states, and in the end sacrifice to the sovereignty of the states all the liberty the citizens had gained by their Union.

If this seems arbitrary, its effect was to treat citizens of the District of Columbia equally with citizens of the states -- at the expense of expanding a troublesome jurisdiction.

If the above issue is settled by requiring public education for all citizens, Issue No. 6 may be moot.

If a person has one or both parents who are citizens of a given state, then the person is normally a citizen of that state as well.

If Greek citizenship was an " emancipation from the world of things ", the Roman sense increasingly reflected the fact that citizens could act upon material things as well as other citizens, in the sense of buying or selling property, possessions, titles, goods.

" Alexander Hamilton, writing in " Federalist No. 28 ," suggested that both levels of government would exercise authority to the citizens ' benefit: " If their peoples ' rights are invaded by either, they can make use of the other as the instrument of redress.

Chinese immigrants were blamed for importing the opium-smoking habit to the U. S. The 1903 blue-ribbon citizens ' panel, the Committee on the Acquirement of the Drug Habit concluded, " If the Chinaman cannot get along without his dope we can get along without him.

If a government-owned company providing an essential service ( such as the water supply ) to all citizens is privatized, its new owner ( s ) could lead to the abandoning of the social obligation to those who are less able to pay, or to regions where this service is unprofitable.

He was known to greet citizens walking by his office on the White House tour by saying to them, " If you look on me as a wild animal, be kind enough to throw peanuts at me.

He also said " If I had the choice I would certainly not eat it ", and that " I find it's very unfair to use our fellow citizens as guinea pigs ".

The majority wrote, " If the First Amendment has any force, it prohibits Congress from fining or jailing citizens, or associations of citizens, for simply engaging in political speech.

If they were to be fully counted as citizens, some sort of representation for apportionment of seats in Congress had to be determined.

If Soviet officers had launched them, many millions of US citizens could have been killed.

If the legislative were allowed to delegate its powers to the government or to lower decentralized bodies, this would threaten democratic legitimacy and the constitutional protection of the citizen ( as citizens have no recourse to a Constitutional Court ).

If the government appears to have acted unfairly, the action can be challenged in a court of law by citizens.

If it be not, then the race is left .. at the mercy of corporations and individuals wielding power under public authority ... What I affirm is that no state .. nor any corporation or individual wielding power under state authority for the public benefit or the public convenience, can .. discriminate against freemen or citizens ...

Writing for the majority, Justice Jackson eloquently stated: " If there is any fixed star in our constitutional constellation, it is that no official, high or petty, can prescribe what shall be orthodox in politics, nationalism, religion, or other matters of opinion or force citizens to confess by word or act their faith therein.

“ If we do not get this right then we risk leaving more British citizens out of work, and the most vulnerable group who will be the most affected are young people ,” he said.

These leaflets contained statements such as ; " Do not submit to intimidation ", " Assert your rights ", " If you do not assert and support your rights, you are helping to deny or disparage rights which it is the solemn duty of all citizens and residents of the United States to retain ," on the grounds that military conscription constituted involuntary servitude, which is prohibited by the Thirteenth Amendment.

If the lives and property of the citizens of Montana can best be protected by striking Mountain Chief's band, I want them struck.

If virtue consists in being useful to our fellow citizens, perhaps there were few more virtuous men than Mr. Craig.

If true, this would have been reason to disqualify Australia II, since the rules state that the yacht is to be designed by citizens of the nation it represents.

If it were not for an old professor who made me read the classics I would have been stymied on what to do, and now I understand why they are classics ; ;

If I even hint at it do you think it will matter that you are his nephew -- and not even a blood nephew ''??

If the circumstances are faced frankly it is not reasonable to expect this to be true.

If his dancers are sometimes made to look as if they might be creatures from Mars, this is consistent with his intention of placing them in the orbit of another world, a world in which they are freed of their pedestrian identities.

If love reflects the nature of man, as Ortega Y Gasset believes, if the person in love betrays decisively what he is by his behavior in love, then the writers of the beat generation are creating a new literary genre.

If to be innocent is to be helpless, then I had been -- as are we all -- helpless at the start.

Defoe then commented, `` If they Could Draw that young Gentleman into Their Measures They would show themselves quickly, for they are not asham'd to Say They want only a head to Make a beginning ''.

If Jews are identified as a religious body in a controversy that comes before a national or international tribunal, it is obviously compatible with the goal of human dignity to protect freedom of worship.

If they are right, they will prevail of and by themselves.

Without preliminaries, Esther asked him, `` If you are a world citizen, will you take Garry Davis' place in his tent while he goes to the hospital ''??

If we are to believe the list of titles printed in Malraux's latest book, La Metamorphose Des Dieux, Vol. 1 ( ( 1957 ), he is still engaged in writing a large novel under his original title.

If the would-be joiner asks these questions he is not likely to be duped by extremists who are seeking to capitalize on the confusions and the patriotic apprehensions of Americans in a troubled time.

If we break the minister to our bit, we are buying back our own sins.

If the record buyer's tastes are somewhat eclectic or even the slightest bit esoteric, he will find them satisfied on educational records.

If Daddy's books are out of bounds his own picture books are not.

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 they are to be commended for foresight in their planning, what then is the judgment of a town council that compounds this problem during the planning stage??

If the Communists are sincere in wanting a united, neutral and disarmed Germany, it might well be advantageous for the German people in this nuclear age.

If only this could be done more often -- with such heartening results -- many of the earth's `` big problems '' would shrink to the insignificances they really are.

If any are left, presently, we may expect to see signs specifically prohibiting the feeding of them too.

If the raw population figures are crucially relevant, then it is idle to think of liberation, as idle as to suppose that Poland might liberate Russia.

If it is not enough that all of our internationalist One Worlders are advocating that we join this market, I refer you to an article in the New York Times' magazine section ( Nov. 12, 1961 ), by Mr. Eric Johnston, entitled `` We Must Join The Common Market ''.

If the UN troops are not mercenaries then the Hessians were not mercenaries either.