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 a work is divided into several large segments, a last-minute drawing of random numbers may determine the order of the segments for any particular performance.

If they avoid the use of the pungent, outlawed four-letter word it is because it is taboo ; ;

If Wilhelm Reich is the Moses who has led them out of the Egypt of sexual slavery, Dylan Thomas is the poet who offers them the Dionysian dialectic of justification for their indulgence in liquor, marijuana, sex, and jazz.

If he is the child of nothingness, if he is the predestined victim of an age of atomic wars, then he will consult only his own organic needs and go beyond good and evil.

If it is an honest feeling, then why should she not yield to it??

If he thus achieves a lyrical, dreamlike, drugged intensity, he pays the price for his indulgence by producing work -- Allen Ginsberg's `` Howl '' is a striking example of this tendency -- that is disoriented, Dionysian but without depth and without Apollonian control.

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 he is good, he may not be legal ; ;

If the man on the sidewalk is surprised at this question, it has served as an exclamation.

If the existent form is to be retained new factors that reinforce it must be introduced into the situation.

If we remove ourselves for a moment from our time and our infatuation with mental disease, isn't there something absurd about a hero in a novel who is defeated by his infantile neurosis??

If many of the characters in contemporary novels appear to be the bloodless relations of characters in a case history it is because the novelist is often forgetful today that those things that we call character manifest themselves in surface behavior, that the ego is still the executive agency of personality, and that all we know of personality must be discerned through the ego.

If he is a traditionalist, he is an eclectic traditionalist.

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

If Octavian spared their lives when he conquered Egypt to seem generous, he could have had them killed later.

If, however, the infant was allowed to survive half an hour only, it was spared ; but to have the right of keeping it the mother must find a male Areoi willing to adopt it.

When Alcinous compromised with the declaration, “ If she be yet a maid I decree that they carry her back to her father ; but if she shares a husband's bed, I will not separate her from her lord ; nor, if she bear a child beneath her breast, will I give it up to an enemy ,” Arete went to Jason and Medea in the night and told them to marry so that Medea ’ s life would be spared.

If the lover and beloved surpass this desire they have won the " true Olympic Contests "; it is the perfect combination of human self-control and divine madness, and after death, their souls return to heaven. Those who give in do not become weightless, but they are spared any punishment after their death, and will eventually grow wings together when the time comes.

The statement was later passed on to the Haaretz newspaper: " If those who planned the war had also foreseen the scope of the adventure, they would have spared the lives of hundreds of our best sons.

If found guilty, she says they have spared her from committing suicide.

If this was true, one would expect that the Jews of Fiume were largely spared deportation.

Thereupon Abu Bakr replied " If I have had such an opportunity, I would not have spared you ".

If Vierzon was spared by the First World War, it was sorely tried during World War II.

If spared from floods and human activity, the colony is usually destroyed only when the queen dies of old age, giving a successful colony a lifespan of 10 – 20 years.

If the quadriceps are spared but the hamstrings and iliopsoas are severely affected in a person between ages of 20-40, it is very likely HIBM will be at the top of the differential diagnosis.

If he can find the entrance to the City of Moons he will be spared.

If either one ever started making promises, there is no telling where the promises would end.

If they do not, he promises the books will be burned and all will return to normal.

If he agrees to this, Goodwin promises not to call Van Doren to appear before the Congressional committee.

If a private agent promises to pay something later, it has a debt, and this debt is enforceable by public agents.

" If a business opportunity promises no risk, little effort, and big profits, it almost certainly is a scam.

Melody Maker had said months in advance of the album, " If there's one band that promises to return rock to us, it's Radiohead ".

If these promises had been felt to have been broken, these members might well have vote against the Bill at third reading.

If individuals trust their superiors, they are more likely to believe their leaders promises.

If luring the natives with promises didn ’ t work, the bandeirantes would surround the settlements, and set them alight in order to force out the natives.

Though his words are harsh, he promises her that he believes in her (" If I Didn't Believe in You ").

If Mr. Spettigue goes and gets the letter right now, Charley promises that they can announce their own engagement at the ball.

If passed by the Knesset a newly naturalised citizen of Israel would have to declare that he or she will be a faithful citizen of the State of Israel " as a Jewish and democratic state " and that he or she promises to keep the laws of the state.

If attendees agree with these three promises they are invited to stay and receive " the gift of Knowledge.

If Opener raises the third suit, that promises four cards in the suit and denies a stopper in the unbid suit.

If opponents bid two suits, bidding the higher-level suit promises stopper in the lower-level suit.

If Kirk loses, he promises a lifetime of entertainment in further competitions with the entire ship's crew.

; Entitlement / promises: If means-testing is implemented in an existing program, particularly for which people have paid taxes but not benefited, as in pensions or medical insurance, the reduction in benefits can be seen as a breach of promise and entitlement of the program.

If Earth's driver wins, he promises to leave Earth alone, but if Oxide wins, he will turn Earth into a concrete parking lot and enslave the Earthlings.

If they believe God's promises and seek to live in accord with God's commands, then their good deeds done in response with a cheerful heart provide proof that can strengthen their assurance of salvation against doubts.

The Petsovernight. com website, for example, displays pictures of animals and promises " If it's got a central nervous system, we've got it ready to go in a box to your house ", tying in with the humor of the commercials.

" If a business opportunity promises no risk, little effort, and big profits, it almost certainly is a scam.