Sentence examples for if continents from inspiring English sources

Never before has it sounded as menacing as here, as if continents were being split asunder.

A number of studies suggest that the early Earth was covered in water and had few if any continents.

Many of these can be resolved if the continents were closer together during the Devonian than at present.

If these continents were formerly united around the South Polar region, this glaciation becomes explicable as a unified sequence of events in time and space.

If these continents were once united around the south polar region, this glaciation would become explicable as a unified sequence of events in time and space.

If the continents had had fixed positions, it could be assumed that the path of a magnetic pole over the Earth would be a global phenomenon, independent of the location of the observer.

Similarities in fossil terrestrial organisms in pre-Cretaceous (older than about 146 million years) strata of Africa and South America and in pre-Jurassic rocks (older than about 200 million years) of Australia, India, Madagascar, and Africa are explained if these continents were formerly connected but difficult to account for otherwise.

"We'll make some investments in Europe and Asia in 1999, but not as much as we'd do if both continents were booming," says Bossidy.

To get a vaccine from a factory to a child who needs it, you often need to cross countries, if not continents.

Meanwhile, if the Continent's fragile banks pull back on credit to the economy, it would hit growth prospects more broadly.

But two big drivers of Africa's growth would still be there even if the continent held not a barrel of oil nor an ounce of gold.