Every new boss deserves a little leeway, if only so that he can impose his ideas and see if they work.
If so, that would raise the question of which parts of the law, if any, could remain, a question the court was set to address Wednesday on the final day of arguments.
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But if so, that is also what the Bank is planning to do with QE.
If so, that would mirror what Democrats do on the other side of the ideological spectrum.
If so, that fund must have been a pretty tight run ship (excuse the pun).
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Are you confident this will actually happen, and if so, that it will work?
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If so, that necessarily would have meant that the president had asked Ms. Currie to call.
If so, that would be in line with the usual pattern of violence in the city.
If so, that might bode well for an economy still struggling to find its footing.
But if so, that was the high point of British influence on that conflict.
If so, that raises questions about whether the technology is truly improving efficiency for faculty as much as promised.
If so, that message has yet to be communicated to the outside world.
If so, that would be more characteristic of a bear market rally rather than a new once-in-a-lifetime bull market.
If so, that would be the worst quarter since 1982, a recession year that produced 10.8% unemployment at the peak.
But if so, that is only going to put more of a spotlight on economic growth - and its absence.
If so, that would be convenient timing for South Africa, with the World Cup being staged in the middle of that year.
If so, that will be greeted by many newspaper headlines decrying (or celebrating) it as a huge blow against Europe, and the ever-sinking euro.
We must solve the orbital debris problem, if only so that satellites can continue collecting the climate data we need to make informed decisions about carbon emissions.
And there might be nothing wrong with that, if it so happens that what you were doing anyway represents a nice coherent set of activities.
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If so, that would undermine the value of pension funds' assets.
Even the formal sector of business, it seems, commonly pays customs men not to notice its imports, if only so that it can compete with black-marketeers.
If so, that would appeal to those who want to get their sail on, but it would be sad for others (myself included) who enjoy rooftop hopping and dagger-related escapades.
If so, that would be one source of damage.
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If so, that will be at least in part a by-product of the Russians' response to such unilateral U.S. restraint, exercised in the hope that it would help "reset" relations with Moscow.
If so, that would appear to cross the line from simple information-gathering by people outside a company to sharing of potentially material information by employees who have a duty to keep it confidential.
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If so, that would potential deal a serious blow to the proposed takeover of United Spirits by British liquor company Diageo, which sought to buy out the firm from UB Group last year.
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If so, that makes him a verifiable influencer.
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