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El pensamiento fundamental es que si los muchos granos hubieran conservado su individualidad no se formaría el pan.	The essential thought is that had the many grains retained their individuality there could be no loaf.
Mike Willesee le preguntó al científico cuánto tiempo los glóbulos blancos se hubieran conservado vivos si provinieran de tejidos humanos conservados en agua.	Mike Willesee asked the scientist how long the white blood cells could have stayed alive if they had come from human tissue kept in water.
Esta opinión, realmente, parece a primera vista probable, pues las especies que viven juntas difícilmente se hubieran conservado distintas si hubiesen sido capaces de cruzarse libremente.	This view certainly seems at first highly probable, for species living together could hardly have been kept distinct had they been capable of freely crossing.
Los griegos habrían llegado finalmente a un verdadero monoteísmo con el concepto de Zeus si no hubieran conservado la idea de que la Suerte lo controlaba todo.	And the Greeks would have eventually achieved a true monotheism in the concept of Zeus except for their retention of the overcontrol of Fate.
Caso de que no se hubieran conservado los archivos con los documentos relativos a la represión política, existe un procedimiento jurídico para examinar los fundamentos de la represión jurídica.	In the event, that the materials concerning political repression were not kept in the archives, a legal procedure exists to examine the grounds for political repression.
Mencionó un estudio que descubrió que si los humedales de Nueva Orleans se hubieran conservado, el huracán Katrina probablemente no hubiera dañado las puertas de los diques y el 90% de los daños a la ciudad podría haberse evitado.	He mentioned a study that found that if the wetlands around New Orleans had been preserved, Hurricane Katrina probably would not have broken the levee gates and 90% of the damage to the city might have been avoided.