| Smith circles his themes with the obsessive dolor of a man lamenting a lost opportunity, spawning gorgeous, tangential what-ifs and could've beens. |
| The possibility of pulling data into Excel and of doing all the what-ifs I want is an important feature that I use on a regular basis. |
| When professional artists use watercolour, so the grand narrative goes, it is to make preliminary sketches, try-outs, what-ifs that are supplementary to the real business of art, which involves painting in oils. |
| Putting what-ifs aside for a moment though, what my sights are really set on is the Champions League next season and the World Club Championship beyond. |
| But I began to dread the sight of another lumpen passage dotted with Berne's increasingly repetitive what-ifs and perhapses. |
| Into spring and summer though, the traditional yield what-ifs will dominate trade discussion. |
