If clay is slightly out of shape, square straight sides with guide sticks or rulers pressed against opposite sides, or smooth round pieces with damp fingers.

If pressed by the sitter for more detail, she may be able to bring the picture more into focus and see more sharply, almost as if she were physically going closer.

If the user pressed keys 1 + 2 = 3 simultaneously the letter " c " appeared.

If the open string is in tune, but sharp or flat when frets are pressed, the bridge saddle position can be adjusted with a screwdriver or hex key to remedy the problem.

* A dog looking worriedly at a revolver pressed to its head, with the famous caption " If You Don't Buy This Magazine, We'll Kill This Dog " ( January 1973 ).

If the arytenoids are pressed together for glottal closure, the vocal cords block the airstream, producing stop sounds such as the glottal stop.

If the key corresponding to a particular character was pressed at the home station, it actuated the typewheel at the distant station just as the same character moved into the printing position, in a way similar to the daisy wheel printer.

If the keys are pressed randomly and independently, it means that each key has an equal chance of being pressed.

If the grapes are pressed whilst frozen, a very concentrated must can result, which needs special yeast and a long time to ferment.

If the French horsemen pressed the outnumbered British cavalry back, the British-Portuguese infantry formed square and their volleys drove off the French.

If the complaint was deemed credible, the magistrates had the person arrested and brought in for a public examination, essentially an interrogation, where the magistrates pressed the accused to confess.

President Lincoln sent Grant a telegram on April 7: " Gen. Sheridan says ' If the thing is pressed I think that Lee will surrender.

If the used grounds remain in the drink after brewing, French pressed coffee left to stand can become bitter, though this is an effect that many users of French press consider beneficial.

If both buttons need to be pressed at the same time, the gyros are placed in a spinner so that they will stay balanced on the button without R. O. B.

selling possessions and distributing them to the poor was optional ; in context, they cite the account of the young man in the Gospel who asked Jesus what he should do to obtain eternal life, and Jesus replied to him to " keep the commandments ", but when the young man pressed further, Christ told him: " If thou wilt be perfect, go sell what thou hast, and give to the poor " 19: 16 – 24. Furthermore ; Christian communists respond to this by citing Acts 5: 1 – 10, which they hold to be additional evidence that the Apostles and early Christians did not view communism as something optional:

But in case of necessity it may be done: for it is said by the same Pope Julius, in the passage quoted in the argument: " If necessary, let the grape be pressed into the chalice.

) If a harmonium has two sets of reeds, it is possible that the second set of reeds ( either tuned unison or an octave lower ) can be activated by a stop, which means each key pressed plays two reeds.

If the EB switch is not pressed ( reset ) within 5 seconds of being activated, it will trigger an emergency brake application so as to prevent accidents due to driver error or when the driver is incapacitated.

If the " Run " button was pressed while the user was on one of menu screens, the game would sometimes freeze, and an image of a " vandalized " face would appear with the text " Who are you running from?

If, during the credits, the user pressed the " B " button, a dancing man would appear on the screen.

If Don John had not suffered from the indolence which Clarendon considered his chief defect, the Portuguese might have been hard pressed.

If the key was to be pressed, then a hole was punched in the column for that key.

If the Bassa did indeed once inhabit territories further to the east, it was at this time that they were pressed toward the coast.

If, when this was all over, she found the words to tell him about it, she wondered if he would ever understand.

If the bluff failed and they ran into trouble, Brannon had told the others, they would withdraw -- and he would come after his son another time.

If someone were to drop a match in here, this place would go up like a haystack ''.

If he wondered whether the attackers would allow him to pull away unmolested, he had his answer a moment later.

If the turn was too tight, a barrel roll would bring them out.

If he spun out now, he would join his opponent on the ground.

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 ; ;

Fruit compote: `` If you think I would understand it '' ; ;

`` If you will pardon, I think it would be better if not.

If he showed signs of collecting his rifle and going back with his deputy to the ranch he would be shot down instantly.

If communications work, his decision would be instantly known in all command posts that would originate the actual go order.

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 an automobile were approaching him, he would know what was required of him, even though he might not be able to act quickly enough.

If life and death did not both present themselves to us, there would be no inscrutability.

If there were only darkness, all would be clear.

If there were only the mess, all would be clear ; ;

If any had escaped expulsion by hiding, they certainly would not frequent the market-place.

If a child had a single drop of Negro blood, he would revert to the ancestral line which, except as slaves under a superior race, had not made one step of progress in 3,000 years.

If he had been `` liquidated '' in some way, he would have become a martyr, a rallying point for people who shared his ideas.

If in any one calculation Ptolemy had had to invoke 83 epicycles all at once, while Copernicus never required more than one third this number, then ( in the sense obvious to Margenau ) Ptolemaic astronomy would be simpler than Copernican.

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 she were not at home, Mama would see to it that a fresh white rose was there.

If the Stearns were not there, grace would be omitted.