1.   It will be some years yet before the full uptake picture becomes available because the traditional courses are still being phased out.

2.   The net effect on costs is therefore unclear, for the picture is now becoming highly complex.

3.   The full picture will not become public knowledge.

4.   The picture will become a lot clearer by Saturday night.

5.   And even after this postelection interval, the picture became no clearer.

6.   And the more we learn, the more disturbing the picture becomes.

7.   As the commercial closes, the Davis picture becomes a picture of Fazio.

8.   Bill Pecoriello, an analyst with Sanford Bernstein, said the picture may become bleaker once additional factors are included.

9.   After that, the picture becomes cloudy.