1. But we would be better served if we learned to admire and enjoy a state of ambiguity.::25yd-T305

  2. If human beings were to accept the world as being exactly how it looks, they would be deceived as to how things really are.::25yd-305

  3. If you had wanted to create a selfdriving car in the 1950s, your best option might have been to strap a brick to the accelerator.::2432-21

  4. Were climate belts to shift toward higher latitudes, which seems the most likely overall result, parts of the Sahara and southern Russia would receive increased rainfall.::25yd-T221

  5. When students have trouble spelling, we commonly describe them as having a "poor visual memory," as if good spelling were primarily a function of a photographic image maker in the mind.::25ss-19012

  6. Without the ability to laugh and smile, we would be isolated individuals.::25ss-2803

  7. "We need to give equal weight to the opposing viewpoint," the saying goes, as if a holistic pursuit of truth were always made up of just two halves that are in every way always equal.::25ss-19056

  8. If I were to ask you, for example, how many animals of each kind Moses took with him on the Ark, most people would say 'two', despite the fact that in the biblical story it wasn't Moses on the Ark, it was Noah.::25ss-1203

  9. When setting writing tasks, either at home or school, think about how you would set yourself up if you had to write something for a period of time.::25ss-402

  10. If their ancestors had fought against monsters far more powerful than themselves, as Hollywood heroes do all the time, their lineage would have been destroyed by predators long ago.::25yd-3010

  11. It would be absolutely exhausting for your brain if you had to process every bit of information completely anew.::25ss-1203

  12. If nature had programmed us merely to find food, shelter, and someone with whom to live, people would have had little urge to find ways to make life better once those basic natural goals were satisfied.::25ss-1701

  13. If a similar incident happened today, it would be impossible for the embassy employees to destroy their photographs in time.::esh1-201

  14. If the group valued us, we could count on support, resources, and probably a mate.::2411-36

  15. Much of the time Rousseau wished passionately that it were not: Robinson Crusoe was a favorite book, and he yearned to be free from the pains and uncertainties of social life.::2493-34

  16. Neither task is done as well as if each were performed individually.::2432-4142

  17. Without the body's effective compensatory mechanisms, which may cushion potential highs and lows, we would not be capable of surviving.::2412-23

  18. Later, "having been presented with a decision, we then make sense of it as if it were our own."::24yd-407

  19. We would be so grateful if you granted permission for the shoot so that we can put the beautiful scenery of the park in our film.::2443-18

  20. Without the shade and exposed to full sunlight, the young trees would shoot up and expand the width of their trunks so quickly they'd be exhausted after just a century or two.::2473-34

  21. But if the same money were invested, it would create jobs somewhere else, say for scientists in a laboratory or workers on a construction site, while also making us richer in the long run.::2462-37

  22. This situation would be much improved if more projects embraced the idea that we should always keep the largest possible audience in mind as we make design decisions, ensuring that our final product serves the needs of those with disabilities as well as those without.::2461-40

  23. Without such an ability, no goal-oriented action would be possible.::2493-38

  24. If they had not helped us adapt and survive, they would not have evolved with us.::2491-22

  25. Merely convincing your children that worry is senseless and that they would be more content if they didn't worry isn't going to stop them from worrying.::2492-20

  26. They argue that it would be impossible to study such phenomena as altruism, aggression, and stereotyping without using deception because if participants were informed ahead of time what the study involved, this knowledge would certainly change their behavior.::24sw-803

  27. To decide whether and how to intervene in ecosystems, protected area managers normally need a reasonably clear idea of what future ecosystems would be like if they did not intervene.::2493-39

  28. Without glasses, you wouldn't be able to live a normal life, and your new visual impairment would become a disability.::24yd-603

  29. If I had placed myself between them, who knows what they might have done?::24yd-5010

  30. If you've ever posted a favorable comment — or any comment, for that matter — about a brand, product or service, think about what it would feel like if you were personally acknowledged by the brand manager, for example, as a result.::2313-22

  31. If an engineer wanted to take the train in a different direction, but lacked the track, it would not be possible.::24yd-904

  32. If you've ever posted a favorable comment — or any comment, for that matter — about a brand, product or service, think about what it would feel like if you were personally acknowledged by the brand manager, for example, as a result.::24ss-30G

  33. The next time the kid came down the street he complimented him on the sound he made and said he would pay him a dollar a day if he promised to do it every day.::24ss-1901012

  34. But would the students who learned the most in this class also learn the most if the lecture were on a different topic or if the same material were presented through hands-on experiences or in small groups?::24ss-2601

  35. I was only fifteen, and there was no way I could go back home if he didn't show up.::24ss-T302

  36. The brain predicts how things would look and feel if the action were being successfully performed, and by reducing errors relative to that prediction, the action or movement is brought about.::24sw-1401

  37. One day the man who owned the shed and the garden said that he would give it to Hobo if he planted fruit trees and vegetables in the garden and emptied the tool shed.::24sw-18046

  38. We would give in to despair if too many failed to do their job.::24yd-903