If the decision goes wrong, it may be -- as Mr. Stevenson fears -- `` the first step on the slippery path downhill '' to a U.N. without operational responsibilities and without effective meaning.

If companies will take the time to give objective consideration to their major problems and to the questions they provoke, then a long constructive step will have been taken toward more effective marketing in next decade.

If they don't then for the algorithm to be effective it must provide a set of rules for extracting a square root.

If populations in Kenya are allowed to grow through the implementation of effective conservation, including strategic transfers, gene-loss can effectively be halted in this species and its future secured in the wild.

If this is not effective intravenous inotrope infusion ( dopamine, epinephrine ) or transcutaneous pacing should be used.

If there is little rearrangement of radiosity objects in the scene, the same radiosity data may be reused for a number of frames, making radiosity an effective way to improve on the flatness of ray casting, without seriously impacting the overall rendering time-per-frame.

If the XML document type declaration includes any SYSTEM identifier for the external subset, it can't be safely processed as standalone: the URI should be retrieved, otherwise there may be unknown named character entities whose definition may be needed to correctly parse the effective XML syntax in the internal subset or in the document body ( the XML syntax parsing is normally performed after the substitution of all named entities, excluding the five entities that are predefined in XML and that are implicitly substituted after parsing the XML document into lexical tokens ).

If the player concentrates on hearing the ma between each hit, in addition to the hits themselves, he or she will create a much more effective and satisfying sound.

If Fascism triumphs I am finished as a writer – that is to say, finished in my only effective capacity.

If used as emergency contraception, a low dose of mifepristone is slightly less effective than higher doses, but has fewer side effects.

The Austrian lawyer and scholar Philipp Wilhelm von Hornick, in his Austria Over All, If She Only Will of 1684, detailed a nine-point program of what he deemed effective national economy, which sums up the tenets of mercantilism comprehensively:

" If they did, the other side would see right through them and they would not be effective.

If dismemberment stopped the possibility of the resurrection of an intact body, then a posthumous execution was an effective way of punishing a criminal.

If this happens, the resulting lever angle created will not be as effective as if aligned with the oarlock or slightly behind it.

If the components of the computer were too large or the wires interconnecting them too long, the electric signals couldn't travel fast enough through the circuit, thus making the computer too slow to be effective.

If he was less effective than his father in containing the Norman lords ' propensity for rebellion and violence, through charisma, or political skills, he was forceful in overcoming the consequences.

If a lawyer wishes to help a client overcome legal obstacles to securing her or his natural rights, he might, for instance, find that assisting in fabricating evidence or committing perjury is more effective than open disobedience.

If the universe is described by an effective local quantum field theory down to the Planck scale, then we would expect a cosmological constant of the order of.

After Mick Dumke, a reporter for the Chicago Reader, questioned the effectiveness of the city's handgun ban, Daley picked up a rifle with a bayonet from a table of confiscated weapons and told him, " If I put this up your butt, you'll find out how effective it is.

If mass is used, specific impulse is an impulse per unit mass, which dimensional analysis shows to be a unit of speed, and so specific impulses are often measured in meters per second and are often termed effective exhaust velocity.

If F is the noise figure numeric and 290 K the standard noise temperature, then the effective noise temperature is given by T < sub > n </ sub >

If λ < sub > c </ sub > is the central wavelength, λ < sub > 0 </ sub > is the central wavelength at normal incidence, and n < sup >*</ sup > is the filter effective index of refraction, then:

* If the inferior power is in a position of self-defense ; i. e., under attack or occupation, it may be possible to use unconventional tactics, such as hit-and-run and selective battles in which the superior power is weaker, as an effective means of harassment without violating the laws of war.

If toner spills into the laser printer, a special type of vacuum cleaner with an electrically conductive hose and a high efficiency ( HEPA ) filter may be needed for effective cleaning.

If they are used, the walls and roof should be 10 inches thick to give the same protection as the 8-inch solid concrete blocks.

If pathogens successfully evade the innate response, vertebrates possess a second layer of protection, the adaptive immune system, which is activated by the innate response.

# Affordable premium: If the likelihood of an insured event is so high, or the cost of the event so large, that the resulting premium is large relative to the amount of protection offered, it is not likely that the insurance will be purchased, even if on offer.

Iran, however, has made the following reservation “ If the text of the Convention is or becomes incompatible with the domestic laws and Islamic standards at any time or in any case, the Government of the Islamic Republic shall not abide by it .” Iran has also signed the both optional protocols which relate to the special protection of children against involvement in armed conflict and the sale of children and sexual exploitation.

The practice of magic was banned in the Roman world, and the Codex Theodosianus states: If any wizard therefore or person imbued with magical contamination who is called by custom of the people a magician ... should be apprehended in my retinue, or in that of the Caesar, he shall not escape punishment and torture by the protection of his rank.

If a slope was available, troops were deployed along the rear side for protection.

If one of the litigants is unsatisfied with the decision of the lower court, the matter may be taken up on appeal ( but an acquittal in a criminal trial may not be appealed by the state due to the Fifth Amendment protection against double jeopardy ).

If you say something that someone already agrees with, then what's the point, and so we make some more conservative animal protection organizations uncomfortable ; they don't want to be associated with us because it will be embarrassing for them, and I understand that.

If a company's value is based on its technology, it is often equally important for the business owners to obtain intellectual property protection for their idea.

If later required, a piece of adhesive tape can be placed over the indentation to bypass the protection, or ( on some decks ), the lever can be manually depressed to record on a protected tape.

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 they have not " in fact, taken a direct part in the hostilities " ( APGC77 Art 47. b ), they are not mercenaries but civilians who have non-combat support roles and are entitled to protection under the Third Geneva Convention ( GCIII 4. 1. 4 ).

If excessive current is conducted by a MOV, it may fail catastrophically, keeping the load connected, but now without any surge protection.

: If it is rational to criminalize the conduct, surely it is rational to deny special favor and protection to those with a self-avowed tendency or desire to engage in the conduct.

The United States Coast Guard promotes using life vests as a method of protection against hypothermia through the 50 / 50 / 50 rule: If someone is in water for 50 minutes, he / she has a 50 percent better chance of survival if wearing a life jacket.

If the inequality is true, the processor generates a general protection ( GP ) fault.

If passed by the parliament of South Africa, the Intellectual Property Laws Amendment Bill of 2008 will provide for the protection and restriction on commercial use of the name Rooibos in that country.

If attacked anyway, their shells are resilient, and provide excellent protection.

If the legal revision which extends a protected period will be actually carried out, Aozora Bunko would be forced not to publish books which have already and almost been published because of the 20 years extension of protection of copyright.

If insurance companies could perfectly observe the actions of their clients, they could deny coverage to clients choosing risky actions ( like smoking in bed or not wearing seat belts ), allowing them to provide thorough protection against risk ( fire, accidents ) without encouraging risky behavior.

If there is a " substantial change " in the database which would be qualified as a " substantial new investment ", a new protection period is granted for the resulting database.

If " incentive for creation " is the dominant aspect of analyses, the protection of the creator is likely to be dominant.

If such upstanding people could be witches, then anybody could be a witch, and church membership was no protection from accusation.

If it is the wish of those nations who see the organization their best protection in the present world, I shall do so again.