If this practice should take root and spread, the man who submits a manuscript to a publisher will find himself reviewed before he is accepted and publication will become a sort of post-mortem formality.

If we are born of God we do not practice sin as a habit.

If a distinction is to be made between divination and fortune-telling, divination has a formal or ritual and often social character, usually in a religious context, as seen in traditional African medicine ; while fortune-telling is a more everyday practice for personal purposes.

If he used the same practice in Norway, Thule is at least the entire northwest coast of Norway from Trondheim to the Lofoten Islands.

If there is, such as in some denominations of Wicca, it is a particular of the denomination in question, and not a universal practice.

President Hugo Chávez has repeatedly expressed his disapproval of the practice of kidnapping stating on 14 April that, " If I were a guerrilla, I wouldn't have the need to hold a woman, a man who aren't soldiers ... Free the civilians who don't have anything to do with the war.

If a load is connected to the secondary winding, the load current and voltage will be in the directions indicated, given the primary current and voltage in the directions indicated ( each will be alternating current in practice ).

If I keep this oath faithfully, may I enjoy my life and practice my art, respected by all humanity and in all times ; but if I swerve from it or violate it, may the reverse be my life.

If the budget does not allow for two identical UPS units then it is common practice to plug one power supply into mains power and the other into the UPS.

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 yokozuna is defeated by a lower ranked wrestler, it is common and expected for audience members to throw their seat cushions into the ring ( and onto the wrestlers ), though this practice is technically prohibited.

If there was any distinction between toun ( fortified municipality ) and burgh ( unfortified municipality ) as claimed by some, it did not last in practice as burghs and touns developed.

Rabbi Adin Steinsaltz writes that " If the Bible is the cornerstone of Judaism, then the Talmud is the central pillar ... No other work has had a comparable influence on the theory and practice of Jewish life, shaping influence on the theory and practice of Jewish life " and states:

If the Justice Department or federal court rejects a request for Preclearance, the jurisdiction may continue the prior voting practice or may adopt a substitute and seek Preclearance for it.

If the jurisdiction implements a voting change before the Justice Department denies Preclearance in contravention of the Act, the jurisdiction must return to the pre-existing practice or enact a different change.

If not already part of a group medical practice, physicians may contract with an independent practice association ( IPA ), which in turn contracts with the HMO.

* If a singular noun ends with an s-sound ( spelled with-s ,-se, for example ), practice varies as to whether to add or the apostrophe alone.

If modeled on the practice of using dictionaries, there would be no circle in an illustration of the activity of looking up a word whose entry provides a definition in terms of that word ( or in terms of another word defined in terms of this word ).

If the ancient Israelite kingdoms followed the practice of other west-Semitic kingdoms, the kings themselves would have been buried within the city walls, underneath the royal palace.

If, however, a convert comes from a Christian confession that baptizes in the name of Jesus ( such as Oneness Pentecostals ), from one which practices an invalid, non-Trinitarian baptism ( such as Mormons or Jehovah's Witnesses ) or from one that does not practice baptism at all ( such as Quakers or The Salvation Army ), baptism is a prerequisite for chrismation-an initiate must always be validly baptized into the death of Jesus in the name of the Holy Trinity before any further holy mysteries or sacraments of initiation can be administered.

If the tandem team does not practice this, then they often reserve this type of start for when they are faced with a bridge or hill.

If they want to practice, they can head out on the field to try their hand at attempting or defending penalty kicks.

If the boxer is just a beginner, a minimal training routine might consist of learning how to hit the heavy bag, the speed bag, and the double end bag ( a small bag with a cord on top and bottom connecting it to the floor and ceiling ) as well as doing shadowboxing in front of a mirror, skipping rope, calisthenics and jogging every day, as well as an occasional practice bout inside the ring ( sparring ).

If any one of them has any power to veto the Secretary General's decisions the nature of the organization will have changed.

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 unchallenged, these decisions have the power to settle more minor legal disputes once and for all.

If the ideological approach is concerned with broad movements and the effects of the world around the filmmaker, then the auteur theory is diametrically opposed to it, celebrating the individual, usually in the person of the filmmaker, and how his personal decisions, thoughts, and style manifest themselves in the material.

If a state does agree to participate in activities of the supranational bodies and accept decisions, the state is giving up its sovereign authority and thereby allocating power to these bodies.

If the suspect was under the influence of alcohol or drugs, or suffered from an emotional or mental condition that substantially impaired their capacity to make rational decisions, the courts may well decide that the suspect's waiver was not knowing and intelligent.

If there is no decision on point from the highest court of a state, the federal courts must attempt to predict how the state courts would resolve the issue, by looking at decisions from state appellate courts at all levels.

If a manager decides that his client wrestler should tap out, but cannot convince the wrestler himself to do so, he may throw in the towel ( literally taking a gym towel and hurling it into the referee's line of sight ); this is the same as a submission, as the manager is, in kayfabe, considered the wrestlers agent, and therefore, authorized to make formal decisions ( such as forfeiting a match ) on the client's behalf.

If a series of judicial decisions result in an interpretation of the law which the Executive considers does not reflect the intention of the policy, the Executive can change the legislation.

He concluded that " If Marshall were merely stupid, the laws of probability would dictate that part of his decisions would serve this country's interest.

If a state can preserve the fiction that migrations are the result of innumerable " personal " decisions, then the state may be able to justify its stand that it has not been culpably involved.

If local governments and private organizations are to carry out decentralized functions effectively, they must have an adequate level of revenues, either raised locally or transferred from the central government, as well as the authority to make decisions about expenditures.

If the focus regarding the Synod of Whitby is on the specific decisions made, then it was simply one of many councils held concerning the proper calculation of Easter throughout Latin Christendom in the Early Middle Ages.

If the focus on Whitby is on the eventual consequences, then we might see the effects as more than just decisions on tonsure and dating of Easter, and instead see it as an important step in the eventual Romanisation of the church in England.

If statements or decisions deviated from the prescribed line, reprimands and, for persons outside public attention, punishment would ensue, such as imprisonment, torture and even death.

If the National Assembly votes against the President's decisions, it will be declared void immediately.

If they can think of a better way for the software to help shape editorial decisions, they can copy the software because it is free and change it and start their own site.

If the Supreme Court could not review decisions from the highest State court, the State courts would be excluded from ever hearing a case in any way involving a Federal question, because the Supreme Court would be deprived of appellate jurisdiction in those cases.

If he would not bend, the decisions of the court must be executed by force within a year.

If political decisions are made by deliberation but not by the people themselves or their elected representatives, then there is no democratic element ; this deliberative process is called elite deliberation.

If he's shaping their decisions, he must be microwaving his ideas into their fillings ".

Concerned with social change and, more particularly, with effective, permanent social change, Lewin believed that the motivation to change was strongly related to action: If people are active in decisions affecting them, they are more likely to adopt new ways.

If a person only makes recommendations, but cannot implement decisions without approval of a superior, that person is not an officer.

Concerned with social change and, more particularly, with effective, permanent social change, Lewin believed that the motivation to change was strongly related to action: If people are active in decisions affecting them, they are more likely to adopt new ways.