What if the wave had struck at night?
If the wave intensifies, the surface atmospheric pressure at the centre of the cyclone falls.
Who knows if the wave of holiday art books that has descended this year is bigger or better than before?
Even if the wave recedes leaving nothing but a mess, it has undermined any assumptions of rule by divine right.
What if the wave begins to show a weird and complicated pulsation as you go deeper in pi?
Even if the wave only comes up to the knees, the force is enough to knock a person down.
If the wave of defections shows anything, it is that Cuban players are in a hurry to move on up.
If the wave is unobstructed, Huygens's principle will not be needed for determining its evolution the rules of geometrical optics will suffice.
Even if the wave of anger over MPs' expenses has passed, Britain's parliamentarians do not stand high in the affections of the British people.
If the wave hadn't hit a patch of deep water, and paused for a beat, he would have been buried by the first section.
Onshore, the spectators hold their breath, raising their shoulders and contorting their bodies, waiting to see if the wave will end in carnage or triumph.
