The dealer speculated that if the painting were intact it could be worth well over $1 million.
He speculated that if the N.B.A. moved to ban gambling, not a single team would oppose it.
Keynes speculated that if the world continued to get richer we would naturally end up enjoying a high standard of living while doing much less work.
Some have speculated that if Mr. Soong wins next month, he may return to the wounded Nationalists as a returning savior.
He also speculated that if the Crawleys had been a real family, they would have still been running the estate today – albeit in a more businesslike way.
Some local environmental groups have speculated that if the data released by the company is correct then the tanker was carrying more than twice its legal maximum load.
One paragraph stated: "Senior government sources speculated that, if proved, the leak would provide legitimate grounds to sack the justice secretary".
She speculated that, if anything, he was more inclined to champion commuters' needs as a way to develop a political base.
During a lunch at The Economist's New York bureau, a colleague speculated that if he ran for mayor today he would win handily.
He also speculated that if the Crawleys had been a real family, they would have still been running the estate today - albeit in a more "businesslike" way.
A boyish-looking waiter speculated that if the gunman had really used a 9mm handgun, he must have had an accomplice.
