If so, prior to the end of the Cold War, socialist law would be ranked among the major legal systems of the world.

If a player finishes in fifth to eighth position they are " ranked out " and the race must be replayed – at the cost of one of a limited number of lives – until a placing of fourth or above is achieved.

If ranked today, the United Arab Republic would be the 25th largest nation on the planet ( Egypt is 30th and Syria is 88th ).

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 teams are ranked according to points scored, however, a team that knows it cannot hope to catch up to the winning team might favour quickly catching the Snitch ( also ending the game ) so as to end the game before any more points are scored and hence reduce the lead in point difference obtained by the winning team, so that it is easier to win them back in subsequent matches.

If players want to play with a friend in ranked matches, Warcraft III offers " Arranged Team Games ", where a team joins a lobby and Battle. net will search for another team ; as with anonymous matchmaking, the enemy team is not known beforehand.

If two players have equally ranked low cards, suit rankings may be used to break the tie.

If two players have equally ranked low cards, suit may be used to break the tie and assign the bring-in ( see high card by suit ).

If at any time one candidate is ranked first ( among non-eliminated candidates ) by an absolute majority of the voters, that candidate wins.

If, as seems likely, it is his only surviving play, he can no longer be ranked among the greatest playwrights.

If all three are ranked as full families, the Chelidae are treated as a basal lineage, while the other two are united in the superfamily Pelomedusoidea.

If Quebec were a country, its economy would be ranked the 44th largest in the world just behind Norway.

If fewer than 10 teams are eligible for selection, then an at-large team will be any Football Bowl Subdivision team that is bowl-eligible, has won at least nine regular-season games, and is among the top 18 teams in the final BCS Standings, though any at-large team ranked in the top 14 will be guaranteed a bid over at-large teams ranked lower than 14th.

If the Pac-12 or Big Ten champion is picked for the BCS National Championship Game, then the Rose Bowl must choose the highest-ranked school from a non-AQ conference instead of the respective conference's # 2 team if there is a non-AQ school ranked at least # 4 in the final BCS standings.

If illness was in part responsible, Eustace Chapuys also ranked him, on information which he had from his doctor, among the disaffected early in 1535.

If the competition were not so stiff, Boudinot might be ranked among the great scoundrels of the Gilded Age.

If the company issues more than one issue of preference preferred, the issues are ranked by seniority.

If Battle Creek were included, it would be ranked fourth.

If either country produces both Cup winners in the same season, one of its league berths in the Heineken Cup will instead go to the club that is ranked highest in the European Rugby Club Rankings that is ( 1 ) not of that country and ( 2 ) not already qualified for the Heineken Cup.

If a yokozuna is defeated by a maegashira ranked wrestler, it is common and expected for audience members to throw their seat cushions into the ring ( and onto the wrestlers ).

If more than one team attempts the competition at the same time, and more than one team fulfills all the criteria, then teams will be ranked according to the time of completion.

If a player who wins one of the year's Grand Slam events finishes the year ranked outside the top eight but still within the top 20, he would have been included in the Tennis Masters Cup instead of the eighth-ranked player.

Also in 2010, Matthew Wilkening of AOL Radio ranked the song at # 26 on the list of the 100 Worst Songs Ever, stating, " If can sing this cheesy song, and still somehow get some in the middle of the workday, we bow to him.

If no candidate receives an absolute majority in the first round then the candidate ( s ) with the fewest number of votes is eliminated and excluded from further ballots.

If white smoke appears, created by burning the ballots of the election, a new Pope has been elected.

If a candidate receives less than a two-thirds majority, the cardinals send up black smoke — created by burning the ballots along with wet straw and chemical additives — it means that no successful election has yet occurred.

If Florida's 67 counties had carried out the hand recount of disputed ballots ordered by the Florida Supreme Court on December 8, applying the standards that election officials said they would have used, Bush would have emerged the victor by 493 votes.

If passed the question will be place on the ballots of the voters within Ruskin and the city would be officially incorporated on April 1, 2007 as a sovereign government.

If no candidate won a majority of votes on the first ballot, the ballots supporting the candidate with the smallest number of votes would be re-distributed according to the voters ' second preferences.

If there is a tie in record, the judges will use the number of ballots and total points earned to decide the matching.

If no candidate received votes on 75 % of the ballots, the top 20 candidates would advance to the runoff election, with the vote totals from the first ballot not being revealed until the runoff was over.

If no candidate received votes on 75 % of the ballots, the top 20 candidates would advance to a runoff election, with the vote totals from the first ballot not being revealed until the runoff was over.

If a ballot takes place on the afternoon of the first day and no-one is elected, or no ballot had taken place, four ballots are held on each successive day: two in each morning and two in each afternoon.

If, after another seven ballots, no result is achieved, voting is suspended once more, the address being delivered by the senior Cardinal Bishop.

If the number of ballots does not correspond to the number of cardinal electors present, the ballots are burnt, unread, and the vote is repeated.

If, however, no irregularities are observed, the ballots may be opened and the votes counted.

If no candidate received votes on 75 % of the ballots, the top 20 candidates would advance to a runoff election.

Windham then filed suit, arguing that seven ballots should not have been counted for Jore, but the district court agreed with the county election board on the tie, invoking Montana election law, which states, " If a majority of the counting board members agree that under the rules the voter's intent can be clearly determined, the vote is valid and must be counted according to the voter's intent.

If ballots are destroyed or tainted by substantial error or irregularity, a fresh poll is required.

* If votes are transferred because a candidate has exceeded the quota required to win, all of that candidate's ballots are examined for transfer votes ( Senatorial rules ), unlike the method used for the Irish Dáil in which, after a candidate has reached the quota, only the last parcel of votes transferred to that candidate are examined for further preferences ( the Hare method ).

Pirates manager Jim Tracy admitted his surprise and praised him, " If you handed out ballots at the start of the season listing potential candidates to win the National League batting championship, I don't know that his name would have been on it.

: If the number of ballots ranking A as the first preference is greater than the number of ballots on which another candidate B is given any preference, then A's probability of winning must be no less than B's.