"This is all a neat theory," Dawes said.

If the particles turn out to be so heavy that they cannot be created at these energies, that would mess up some nice, neat theories.

"Well, there goes one nice neat theory up in smoke!"

A neat theory, but, unfortunately, it doesn't hold up empirically.

The police dismiss Joe's warnings about Parry because they have a neater theory.

It's a neat theory but - let's face it, my friend - it's pure supposition.

If you have a neat and clear legal theory," he said, "you go with that.

Were all psychologists like Innes, spinning their neat little theories without a shred of empirical evidence?

The experts failed to factor public opinion into their neat theories.

The only real problem with that neat little theory was that there seemed to be too many ships in that second force.