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 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 you had screamed right there in the street where we stood, I could not have felt more fear.

If there was ever a thought in her mind she might devote her life to religion, it was now dispelled.

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.

If, as Reid says, `` nearly all his poetry was produced when he was not taking opium '', there may be some reason to doubt that he was under its influence in the period from 1896 to 1900 when he was writing the poems to Katie King and making plans for another book of verse.

If there be a disinterested patriot in America, 'tis General Washington, and his bravery, none can question ''.

If they do as well as they did in 1960 there can be no complaint.

If there were no West Berlin problem, imperialist quarters would have invented an excuse for stepping up the armaments race to try to solve the internal and external problems besetting the United States and its NATO partners.

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

If one follows the reports of the Congress, one finds that there still seems considerable uncertainty in the minds of the leaders themselves about what exactly to do in this matter.

If he were to go with White, he would be out there two days, not just listening in the dark at some point between here and Papa-san, but moving ever deeper into enemy land -- behind Papa-san -- itself.

If their schedules were to synchronize, there was no point in wasting time.

If there was a fire or a flood he would save Mama first and Violet next.

If only there was a clock for him to crawl against.

If nothing is produced, there is no obligation to repay.

-- If there are outside windows in the basement corner where you build a shelter, they should be shielded as shown in the Appendix, page 29.

If there is time after the warning, the basement shielding could be improved substantially by blocking windows with bricks, dirt, books, magazines, or other heavy material.

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 you file a Form 1040, you should indicate in the place provided that there is an overpayment of tax and the amount you want refunded and the amount you want credited against your estimated tax.

If there are any major restrictions, they usually can be obtained in printed form.

If you plan to add cooling later to your heating system, there are things to watch for.

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

If you don't leave this country within 3 days, your life will be taken the same as Powell's was.

If we was both armed, you wouldn't talk so tough ''.

If it were the enemy, tactically his position was correct.

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

If it were not that I knew who it was I could have mistaken it for my Aunt so well did her clothes fit him.

If Franklin was an authentic genius, then Alexander Hamilton, with his exceptional precocity, consuming energy, and high ambition, was a political prodigy.

`` If you can conveniently let me have twenty dollars '', he wrote one friend in 1791 when he was Secretary of the Treasury.

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 living Jews were unavailable for study, the Bible was at hand.

If his scholarship and formal musicianship were not all they might have been, Mercer demonstrated at an early age that he was gifted with a remarkable ear for rhythm and dialect.

If Robinson was a liar and a slanderer, he was also a very canny gentleman, for nothing that Pike could do would pry so much as a single word out of him.

If his circumspection in regard to Philip's sensibilities went so far that he even refused to grant a dispensation for the marriage of Amadee's daughter, Agnes, to the son of the dauphin of Vienne -- a truly peacemaking move according to thirteenth-century ideas, for Savoy and Dauphine were as usual fighting on opposite sides -- for fear that he might seem to be favoring the anti-French coalition, he would certainly never take the far more drastic step of ordering the return of Gascony to Edward, even though, as he admitted to the English ambassadors, he had been advised that the original cession was invalid.

If the historian was convinced of his own correctness, then he should not allow his vision to become fogged by disturbing facts.

If he had any worries, it was only the small ones, about Mother in New York, and his daughter Edwina and what she might be doing at this hour, with her Aunt Asia, in Philadelphia.

`` If you become a Baptist, I will not '', Ann informed her husband, but sweeping her threat aside Adoniram continued to search for an answer to the personal dilemma in which he found himself.

If the book of Zephaniah was largely composed during the monarchic period, the author of the book of Zephaniah attempts to accomplish this change in behaviour through the threat of future calamity for “ those who have turned back from following the Lord, / who have not sought the Lord or inquired of him ” ( 1: 6 ).

If the first theory is correct ( see above ), then the absence of cavalry removed the main Athenian tactical disadvantage, and the threat of being outflanked made it imperative to attack.

If the subject could so judge his own superior, then all lawful superior authority could lawfully be overthrown by the arbitrary judgement of an inferior, and thus all law was under constant threat.

If anything, continued uprisings against the government and the threat of a renewed Central America conflict made the situation even worse.

McVeigh argued that " imminent " does not mean " immediate ": " If a comet is hurtling toward the earth, and it's out past the orbit of Pluto, it's not an immediate threat to Earth, but it is an imminent threat.

If confronted by a potential threat, a rabbit may freeze and observe then warn others in the warren with powerful thumps on the ground.

# If the damage cannot be repaired, the cell should initiate apoptosis ( programmed cell death ) to remove the threat it poses for the greater good of the organism.

If the hospital fears a patient may be a threat to others, the hospital may delay care only as necessary to protect others.

If both states have nuclear weapons, the form of nuclear blackmail becomes a threat of escalation.

If a player's king is threatened with capture, it is said to be in check, and the player must remove the threat of capture on the next move.

The report included much of the same tone and opinions held in the Washington Society address, except that, uncharacteristically for its chief architect, it alluded to the threat of secession saying, " If a separation of the states shall ever take place, it will be, on some occasion, when one portion of the country undertakes to control, to regulate, and to sacrifice the interest of another.

If the Opposition were to allow supply to pass, Whitlam would not advise a half-Senate election until May or June 1976, and the Senate would not convene until 1 July, thus obviating the threat of a possible temporary Labor majority.

If this becomes a reality, then we are faced with an unprecedented threat to our nationhood.

If threatened, the baby will open its mouth and quietly hiss until the threat is gone.

If this was the case, the reason Joab killed Abner may have been that he became a threat to his rank of general, since Abner had switched to the side of David and granted him control over the tribe of Benjamin.

At one such conference in the late 1950s, the issue of inclusivity came up, which led linguist Ken Pike to comment, “ If we had a black person as a member, they could not stay here overnight .” Sulphur Springs was a known “ sundown town ,” a place where African Americans were forbidden from living, usually through the threat of violence.

If parking services tow away or disable the car, then the bodyguard cannot use the car to escape with the client in case there is a security threat while the client is at his or her meeting.

If cornered by a threat, the Green Iguana will extend and display the dewlap under its neck, stiffen and puff up its body, hiss, and bob its head at the aggressor.

If threat persists the Iguana can lash with its tail, bite and use its claws in defense.

If there is no threat, the sentry meerkat stops signaling and the others feel safe to emerge.

If the sentinel detects a predator, it gives a loud alarm to warn the troop and indicate whether the threat comes from the air or the ground: if from the air, the meerkats rush to the nearest hole ; if from the ground, the troop flees.

If the threat is another bird, however, the pelicans do not abandon the nest and may fight off the interloper by jabbing at them with their considerable bills.