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If we break the minister to our bit, we are buying back our own sins.
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.
If he hadn't put his money into buying the house, he could have invested it in the relatively safe T-Notes instead.
If anyone tried to overcharge for a good, people would stop buying and make it themselves ( or a competitor could enter the market and undercut them ).
If the instrument is in an environment where it gets infrequent use, then buying argon in the gas state will be most appropriate as it will be more than enough to suit smaller run times and gas in the cylinder will remain stable for longer periods of time, whereas liquid argon will suffer loss to the environment due to venting of the tank when stored over extended time frames.
If the ticket-buyer regrets buying the ticket, the current decision should be based on whether he wants to see the movie at all, regardless of the price, just as if he were to go to a free movie.
" If anyone would build a house worth $ 400 to $ 500 within six months of buying a lot, they could have two years of credit on the sale prioce interest free.
He also said: " Even the willing buyers that we have find it incredibly difficult to get financing ... We can't keep a full workforce on at this point when people aren't buying planes ... If market conditions continue to deteriorate, it may be necessary for the company to take additional actions ".
If other factors remain constant, greater currency supply weakens the buying power of a given amount ; a process known as inflation.
If the stock reaches $ 55 per share when the option expires, Chris can recover his investment by exercising the option and buying 100 shares of ABC Corp stock from Steve at $ 50 per share, and then immediately selling those shares at the market price of $ 55.
If the price of XYZ stock falls to $ 40 a share right before expiration, then Trader A can exercise the put by buying 100 shares for $ 4, 000 from the stock market, then selling them to Trader B for $ 5, 000.
If is the call's delta, then buying a call, and selling shares of stock, is the same as buying a put and buying shares of stock.
If not off-the-grid, sustainable homes may be linked to a grid supplied by a power plant that is using sustainable power sources, buying power as is normal convention.
If the market is the creation of a reified consciousness, which attributed an independent economic value to symbols ( objects ) imposed by " the many " upon " the few "; or by the economic community upon its members, it would influence the economic theories that explain " natural market-behaviour " in ways that promoted the fetishization of buying and selling commodities.
If the amount of money being moved is large ( relative to the turnover of the asset ( s ) in question ), then the market impact can be several percentage points and needs to be assessed alongside other transaction costs ( costs of buying and selling ).
If it was widely known that an incoming government would devalue the dollar, dealers would seek profit by selling the dollar at its higher price before the election, and buying it back at its lower price afterwards.
If a trader wants to buy ten contracts at a price of eight, for example, in the pit he would yell " 8 for 10 ", stating price before quantity, and turn his palm inward toward his face, putting his index finger to his forehead denoting ten ; if he were to be buying one, he would place his index finger on his chin.
If a company's shares are overpriced, then a company is actually hurting its remaining shareholders by buying back stock.
* If he had made an appointment with a foreign agent to sell the plans, would he not have kept his evening free instead of buying theatre tickets for himself and his fiancée?
If it is spending a lot on advertising, then the company must be reasonably profitable which means that other consumers must be buying the product and they must be satisfied enough with its performance ; therefore, the product must be of reasonable quality.
journal, described it as roomy, comfortable, and nice to drive, and said " If you are considering buying one now, our advice, based on our first impressions, is to go ahead ".
Mr Hackwell was reported as stating that " If the Government's to go down this line they could be buying a fight with the people of the Coromandel, with the people of New Zealand generally, who have put these areas aside and want them protected for their conservation values ".

If and favorable
If Mohism, rich in scientific thought, had rapidly grown and strengthened, the situation might have been very favorable to the development of a scientific structure.
If found worthy of the kingship, the augur announced that the gods had given favorable tokens, thus confirming the king ’ s priestly character.
If the wind shifts in your favor, called a lift, so much the better, then this tack is even more favorable.
If a player bluffs too infrequently, observant opponents will recognize that the player is betting for value and will call with very strong hands or with drawing hands only when they are receiving favorable pot odds.
If it does not root, it can alter its density and drift again in search of more favorable conditions.
In 1788, George Washington said, " No colony in America was ever settled under such favorable auspices as that which has just commenced at the Muskingum ... If I was a young man, just preparing to begin the world, or if advanced in life and had a family to make provision for, I know of no country where I should rather fix my habitation ...".
If necessary, greenhouses and botanical gardens would provide the most favorable condition for TMV to spread out, due to the high population density of possible hosts and the constant temperature throughout the year.
If, for example, a pair of atomic nuclei are merged to very briefly form a nucleus with a charge greater than about 140, ( that is, larger than about the inverse of the fine structure constant, which is a dimensionless quantity ), the strength of the electric field will be such that it will be energetically favorable to create positron-electron pairs out of the vacuum or Dirac sea, with the electron attracted to the nucleus to annihilate the positive charge.
Goulet received favorable reviews, most notably for his show-stopping romantic ballad, " If Ever I Would Leave You " which would become his signature song.
If weather conditions are favorable and food is readily available, growth is rapid and females may reproduce at less than three years of age and a total length of as little as 60 cm.
If anyone could succeed in presenting the customs and functions of the private bankers in a favorable and prepossessing light, it was he.
If it receives a favorable vote in the first house, a bill repeats the same steps in the other house.
If the treaty and resolution receive favorable committee consideration ( a committee vote in favor of ratification or accession ) the treaty is then forwarded to the floor of the full U. S. Senate for such a vote.
Robert Goulet received favorable reviews, most notably for his rendition of the show-stopping romantic ballad " If Ever I Would Leave You ", which became his signature song.
If the omens were favorable and no other magistrate announced unfavorable omens, the magistrate summoned other magistrates and senators and directed a herald to summon the people.
If it received favorable tax treatment as a life insurance policy it would be the perfect tax shelter, pure investment returns and no insurance cost.
If conditions are favorable, then, often even before the original tornado lifts, another wall cloud and occasionally a tornado may form downwind of the old wall cloud, typically to the east or the southeast in the Northern Hemisphere ( vice versa in the Southern Hemisphere ).
If the VIP enjoys their visit because of variables such as a comfortable hotel suite and efficient navigation, the VIP will give the tower a favorable rating.
If utilizing a pilot or demonstration program " best practice " the success of that practice needs to be discounted in order to account for the better than average favorable conditions pilot and demonstration programs usually operate under.
If every driver takes the path that looks most favorable to him, the resultant running times need not be minimal.
If γ < sub > 12 </ sub > is high, then each species finds it favorable to cohere while in contact with a foreign species, rather than dissociate and mix with the other.
If this is true, then it follows that when the interfacial tension is high, the force of adhesion is weak, since each species does not find it favorable to bond to the other.
If Germany had been able to sustain its successes on the battlefield beyond 1943, and been capable of bringing the war to an end favorable to its own terms, Sweden would have had no choice but to join the new order of Europe, a new order under the domination of Nazi Germany.
If while on this tack the wind shifts in your favor, called a " lift ," and allows you to point up even more, so much the better, then this tack is even more favorable.

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