How To Use Probable In A Sentence

It is probable, however, that M. Thoinan, who makes this statement, has not considered the possibility of the word _musette_ applying in this case to the small rustic hautbois or _dessus de bombarde_, also written _muse_, Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 2 "Baconthorpe" to "Bankruptcy"
This is true with the exception that of "Decorated" architecture there are but few examples, and it is probable that very little new work was done in connection with this cathedral until the monastery became vastly enriched by Abbot Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Gloucester [2nd ed.] A Description of Its Fabric and A Brief History of the Espicopal See
She was immediately selected as one among the 18 probables for the Kerala team.
Participants were randomly assigned by an ‘adaptive biased coin’ technique, rather than simple equiprobable randomisation, to ensure balance of group numbers.
But archæological research having established the fact that phallicism has, at one time or another, been common to nearly all races, it seems probable that the Arunta tribe represents a deviation from the normal line of mental evolution. Bygone Beliefs

It's very probable we will see a decrease in population. Times, Sunday Times
On the other hand, it is very probable that this subcaudal extension of the fins is merely a result of the posterior extension and enlargement of these fins which has taken place in the evolution of the adaptation. Hormones and Heredity
Further and / or alternatively, the republication was a natural and probable consequence of the original publication by the Defendants. Politics101malaysia
One of those was the Modesto Police Department Stanislaus County jail, prebooking probable cause declaration report. CNN Transcript Apr 22, 2003
With Maureen and Jane it seemed improbable, but every now and then I caught myself wondering if the tempestuous Alessandra felt even a slight tendresse. Why Women Still Don't Get It
That may sound improbable, but actually we use multi-tracks all the time.
Well of all the ways to end the day this had not been on my list of probable possibilities.
These new facts make the theory improbable.
European Powers is exhausted on Poland, and that neither pity nor shame will induce them to break a thankless neutrality, here; but in the face of all barely probable contingencies, I doubt no more of the ultimate result, than I doubt of the ultimate performance of the justice of God. Border and Bastille
Among sunfishes, gobies, and darters, 8 of 122 nests surveyed were probable takeovers.
There are many - too many - first-person accounts of illness but because she doesn't seek to entertain us we are spared the improbable levity and mordant wit that have become standard.
Besides, it is not only possible, but even probable, that both theories -- that of heterogenetic generation and that of gradual development -- may have to share with one another in the explanation of the origin of species; and even that, especially for the lowest species and for the beginnings of the main types, primitive generation also has its share in the establishment of the paternity. The Theories of Darwin and Their Relation to Philosophy, Religion, and Morality
Wishing to send you a copy of this edition, and also to include the expenses and probable returns in the account, in order that you might see more clearly what you may reasonably expect in future to derive from the works, I have waited till this edition should be ready. Letter 410
If it becomes probable that the asset will not be acquired or constructed, capitalized costs in excess of the net realizable value of the entity's interest in the asset are charged to expense.
Walton, imagining that his discomposure was the consequence of guilty fear, called upon him to remember the duties which he owed to England, the benefits which he had received from himself, and the probable consequence of taking part in a pert boy's insolent defiance of the power of the governor of the province. Waverley Novels — Volume 12
So far the trend is that the self-assembly paradigm gets more convoluted and improbable as the search continues, and the design paradigm gets more and more plausible. A Good Saturday Evening Flick
If, on account of direct or indirect inflation the actual unit costs should differ very materially from the estimated unit costs, it is highly probable that a corresponding variation would occur in the total cost of the project. Hydro and the St. Lawrence
It seems reasonable to assume that he used his science to determine the probable course of the history of the immediate future.
The trainer of the Queen's pigeons, an East Anglian with the improbable name of Carlo Napolitano, was at Sun City.
The chlorine used to bleach the paper fibers is bad enough, but the manufacturing process is also known to release dioxin, a probable carcinogen, as well as tributylin (TBT), a biocide used in paper mills that is highly toxic to wildlife. Sloan Barnett: Pooping the Progressive Way
PVC commonly contains DEHP, a "plasticizer," endocrine disrupter and probable human carcinogen. Long Island Press
To make policy requires empathy, imagination and a firm grasp of statistics and probable outcomes. Times, Sunday Times
The Tokyo Motor Show is not the antic sideshow of wacky and improbable concept vehicles it once was.
In this respect smoothing away differences, the paper exerts the probable maximum matching to analyze the phrase structure.
For this reason members of some groups are sometimes in a better position than members of others to understand and anticipate the probable consequences of implementing particular social policies.
Such an explanation does not account for the distinctive ontogeny of interpositum, or for the absence of the improbable shell form which associates very thin and dense ribbing with globose general shape.
Shire has little surplus cash in its balance sheet, so a paper-based reverse takeover via a share exchange would be the most probable route to a takeover.
Over the course of the seven years that follow, Dana Scully risks her life investigating alien abduction cases, murders committed by genetic mutants like a man who eats livers and can stretch his body in improbable ways or a boy who is able to summon lightning or a giant flukeworm which has evolved to have a humanoid appearance and serial killers, some of whom may be incarnations of the devil. Epinions Recent Content for Home
Probable: S Donovin Darius (knee), DT Montavious Stanley (knee), DE Marcellus Wiley (groin). NFL grid: Week 8
He never learnt Irish and his philological arguments tended to invoke specious homophones and improbable etymologies.
The ore is mineralogically martite schist, and the enclosing rocks are grayish, greenish and pinkish siliceous schists, of probable eruptive origin. North Carolina and its Resources.
So, with a bottle of scotch as old as I was in hand, I went over to Grandpa's house for a conversation and a probable tongue lashing from the sarge.
It does, however, seem probable that Luke has to some extent glozed over the asperity of the controversies within the Church, notably the opposition to Paul and his views as described by Paul himself in Galatians and II Corinthians, in his attempt to emphasise the fundamental unity of the early Church.
Thailand last week reported its first probable case of human-to-human transmission of the virus.
I find it highly improbable, almost impossible, that poor minions who were duped into planting explosive fire extinguishers which ended up in mass murder of their fellow citizens would remain silent all these years for fear of their own, guilt-ridden lives. 1000 Architects and Engineers
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He said he might stop smiling if his side lose six on the trot, but right now, such a run feels highly improbable. Times, Sunday Times
It is very probable that he seats himself upon the little square block or protuberance which is seen in a corner of the main compartment when the doors are open. The Works of Edgar Allan Poe — Volume 4
Unless there is reasonable room for belief that this may be done, the operation had far better not be advised, for if the wound is afterwards suffered to get into a suppurating and dirty condition, the last stage of the case may be worse than the first Synovitis and arthritis, with certain anchylosis of the joint, and a probable loss of our patient, is almost bound to follow. Diseases of the Horse's Foot
The spontaneous appearance of a forest of oaks on the eastern shores of Asia was just as probable, under favoring conditions -- though occurring subsequently to the time of their appearance on this continent -- as that of the miniature forests of "samphire," or small saline plants, which spontaneously made their appearance about the salt-works of Syracuse, when conditions actually favored. Life: Its True Genesis
'Tis not improbable also, but that our _taste_ may be very much improv'd either by _preparing_ our taste for the Body, as, after eating _bitter_ things, _Wine_, or other _Vinous liquors_, are more sensibly tasted; or else by _preparing_ Bodies for our tast; as the dissolving of Metals with acid Liquors, make them tastable, which were before altogether insipid; thus _Lead_ becomes _sweeter_ then Sugar, and _Silver_ more _bitter_ then Micrographia Some Physiological Descriptions of Minute Bodies Made by Magnifying Glasses with Observations and Inquiries Thereupon
In this case, when the stronger side defends his king from checks with a queen interference, a counter-check is less probable.
No matter how improbable it may seem to you in this terrible time, someday you will laugh again.
It is probable that after passing several months or years in a state of immobility fakirs no longer experience any desire to change their position, and even did they so desire, it would be impossible owing to the atrophy of their muscles and the anchylosis of their joints. Scientific American Supplement, No. 446, July 19, 1884
The first one diagnosed severe arthritis; the second one agreed but switched the seizure medication; the third one diagnosed probable degenerative myelopathy, a nerve disease similar to multiple sclerosis in people, which is common in shepherds. The Last Chance Dog
While analogical change within the numeral set is common and possible in general, it doesn't appear probable here when Starostin's typically "parenthetic" *ŋi̯u "3" has not been demonstrated with regular sound correspondences using a competently reconstructed phonology that doesn't violate phonemic markedness at every turn. The hidden binary behind the Japanese numeral system
Questionless, there was many a serviceable brick wasted in Nineveh because finicky persons must needs be deleting here and there a phrase in favor of its cuneatic synonym; and it is not improbable that when the outworn sun expires in clinkers its final ray will gild such zealots tinkering with their "style. The Certain Hour
He said average donations appeared to be down and it's probable more people were not at home when doorknocked.
A failed raid would have almost certainly made a second term highly improbable, if not impossible. Times, Sunday Times
After greening and probable transition from heterotrophy to autotrophy, root growth rate was enhanced and growth followed a linear pattern.
The opinion that the name Jahveh was adopted by the Jews from the Chanaanites, has been defended … but has been rejected … It is antecedently improbable that Jahveh, the irreconcilable enemy of the Chanaanites, should be originally a Chanaanite god … Jhvh is the enemy of god and man
If it really existed, the plains of the Lower Orinoco would communicate with those of the Amazon only by a very narrow land-strait, on the east of the mountainous country which surrounds the source of the Rio Negro: but it is more probable that this mountainous country (a small system of mountains, geognostically dependent on the Sierra Parime) forms as it were an island in the Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America, During the Year 1799-1804 — Volume 3
Britain need the inevitable errors to be committed by their rivals so that their improbable success story continues. Times, Sunday Times
It can then display and quantify, for example, areas of probable infarct Speeding Up Stroke Care
It is highly probable that changing working patterns would produce a more efficient fire service.
Those who want skill to use those evidences they have of probabilities; who cannot carry a train of consequences in their heads; nor weigh exactly the preponderancy of contrary proofs and testimonies, making every circumstance its due allowance; may be easily misled to assent to positions that are not probable. An Essay Concerning Human Understanding
But it is probable that the multiplication of such movements in the post-Tertiary period has rarely been so great as to produce results like those above described in Moen, for the principal movements in any given period seem to be of a more uniform kind, by which the topography of limited districts and the position of the strata are not visibly altered except in their height relatively to the sea. The Antiquity of Man
Yes, well, and if a tumble distorts our ideas of life, and an odd word engrosses our speculations, we are poor creatures, he addressed another friend, from whom he stood constitutionally in dissent naming him Colney; and under pressure of the name, reviving old wrangles between them upon man's present achievements and his probable destinies: especially upon Complete Project Gutenberg Works of George Meredith
Inveraray for some time; so that it was probable we should be there as soon as he: however, I did not undeceive my friend, but suffered him to enjoy his fancy. Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides
Of course I mean more than a small dinky deposit, anyone with some geological training or even studying can figure out probable areas where there might be a deposit.
It is probable that the medication will suppress the symptom without treating the condition.
I have a neat piece of software with the improbable name of Delicious Library.
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Let us now examine my formula showing your probableaccumulative investment in rental - income property.
They now rank as probables for the senior panels.
Although the effects of alcohol and TIQs on the brain appear to be similar to that of enkephalin, that is, they activate opiate receptors, it is probable that other neurotransmitters and other receptors are involved as well. Alcohol and The Addictive Brain
It is probable that this remote and sequestered place was used in latter times for the celebration of Mass, when the Romish religion was not publicly tolerated.
It seems probable that both his social climbing and his arrogance were the effect of insecurity. Times, Sunday Times
Later this year, it is probable that there will be a substantial increase in the travelling mileage rate from 38 cents to 60 cents.
Even casual observation makes this hypothesis improbable.
Probable sad answer: cling to it as part of Britain's eccentric genius.
Recent study and restudy of historical material at the Natural History Museum in London reveals several exclusively Cretaceous insect taxa in Burmese amber, indicating its probable Cretaceous age.
This writer therefore attributes the poisonous effects to the formation of the hydrogen compound of arsenic, viz., arseniureted hydrogen (AsH_ {3}); the hydrogen, for the formation of this compound, being generated, the writer thinks probable, "by the joint action of moisture and organic matters, viz., of substances used in fixing to walls papers impregnated with arsenic. Scientific American Supplement, No. 455, September 20, 1884
Sorry if that all sounds a bit pretentious and improbable. Times, Sunday Times
They both beat a burglary charge a year and a half ago, a judge ruled there wasn't probable cause to justify a frisk. WHEN THE SACRED GINMILL CLOSES
The difficulty of such an approach, the remoteness of its potential use, and its probable cost should be considered.
Al – Gundubah (“one locust-man”) smites off the head of his mother’s servile murderer and cries, I have taken my blood-revenge upon this traitor slave’” (Lane, M.E. chaps. xx iii.) 128 This gathering all the persons upon the stage before the curtain drops is highly artistic and improbable. The Book of The Thousand Nights And A Night
With calls for Senator Clinton to abandon what is now seen as little more than a schismatic adventure that risks a fracture along a racial fault-line dividing the Democratic Party just as the Whig Party was fractured by race, some have deduced that the probable motive driving the sinking campaign deeper into the mire is a misplaced belief some attribute to James Carville that they can torpedo Obama's presidential ambitions; survive the disaster of his loss to McCain and prevail as owners of the Democratic Party through the agency of the now discredited Democratic Leadership Council. Michael Carmichael: The Political Titanic
Time to help dumbos like me and give out a small piece of probable text so at least a few of your prizes can be given out.
All these things seem closer to probable than preposterous. Times, Sunday Times
It is, however, probable that dietetical considerations may have influenced Moses in his prohibition of swine's flesh: it is generally believed that its use in hot countries is liable to induce cutaneous disorders; hence in a people liable to leprosy the necessity for the observance of a strict rule. Smith's Bible Dictionary
Theobald said UCA is millions of times more probable than any theory of multiple independent ancestries. Darwin’s Theory of Universal Common Ancestry Confirmed in First Large-Scale Test | Impact Lab
He is coming from a club environment where the improbable is regularly hunted down. Times, Sunday Times
Nevertheless, the Foxton project was mysteriously improbable even if there had been no internal combustion on the way.
It is probable that the Count was in connivance with them about all this, but anybody was surely little acquainted with me who did not know that I was too busy with my art to give any time to politics, even if I had not always felt an aversion to everything smacking of intrigue. Memoirs of Madame Vigée Lebrun
Thus it was that an improbable literary alliance, and a lifelong friendship, began. Times, Sunday Times
For the remaining 18 social units (neither all adults nor all juveniles captured), we used daily field notes to assess the probable number of uncaught animals.
As noted by Stempell, there are two or three species of large lizards in Central America commonly called iguana, and it is probable that the one here considered is the _Ctenosaura acanthura_ of Animal Figures in the Maya Codices
CSI is measured as an improbable specified pattern which uses up all probabilistic resources and thus rules out chance as a best explanation. A Modest Proposal (By a Somewhat Modest Engineer)
The positions of the hands of the executants on the harps and lyres, as well as the use of short and long pipes, make it appear probable that something of what we call harmony was known to the Egyptians. Critical and Historical Essays Lectures delivered at Columbia University
It is probable that these ships would have been very slow and unable to make effective progress to windward.
It is probable, too, that” Deum qui absconsa manifestat “(IV.xxxi. 2) may be a reminiscence of the phrase ho tōn kruptōn gnōstēs in v. 42; and still more probably perhaps” qui est absconsorum cognitor “in IV.xxxv. 2 has its origin in this same verse. The Three Additions to Daniel: A Study.
Nevertheless, it is a common error, which we shall meet again, to leap from the premise that the question of God's existence is in principle unanswerable to the conclusion that his existence and his non-existence are equiprobable. The God Delusion
To make the method tractable, we approximate this distribution by six equiprobable rate categories.
The infection rate is extremely high, but it is probable that 95% of all infections are either asymptomatic or characterised by an abortive flu-like illness.
More surprising, at least to those who presumed her well-aired feminist principles to have been a continual corrective to Blair's masonic/lubricious tendencies, Cherie Blair appears to have been equally impressed by displays of New Labour virility, twitting her husband on the contrast with his own probable timidity: "John's just a man. What woman could ever compete with Tony 'cojones' Blair?
The same bizarre intellectual dissonance emanates from 'brights' when they start prattling on about the probable, in their view, unintentional origin and nature of codes (for even Morse code is, on their view, simply part of the materialist's natural continuum, minds being naturally evolved brains and all, dontchaknow). Bits and Pieces of an RNA World
It is entirely probable that Bach himself envisaged his scientific and musically profound opus as a solo keyboard work.
Which of these improbable facts is true? The Sun
Given an alphabet of N equiprobable symbols, we can now use equation [1]: Semantic Conceptions of Information
Results of the documentation review should be provided with the assignment of actual or probable cause.
“Filling in this large vernal pool/wetland will result in the direct loss of 0.69 ha of amphibian breeding habitat, fragmentation of the habitat and the probable displacement of area-sensitive, pollution intolerant herpetofauna as well as other potential wildlife species,” the report states. Archive 2009-11-01
Which of these improbable facts is true? The Sun
Do these chinks through which the pollen escapes correspond (as would at first sight seem probable) to the margins of the antheral leaf, or do they answer to the lines that separate the two pollen-cavities on each half of the anther one from the other? Vegetable Teratology An Account of the Principal Deviations from the Usual Construction of Plants
a conquest of the country; _and it is more than probable_ that, when the Irish Prince had finished his design upon the kingdom of Wales, he carried his arms in a fleet to France and invaded the country at the time called Armorica, but now Little Brittany, and from thence he led Bolougne-Sur-Mer St. Patrick's Native Town
The film tells the improbable story of a monkey that becomes a politician.
Its composition indicates a high nutritive power; but it is probable that its nitrogenous matters are partly in a low degree of elaboration, which greatly detracts from its alimental value. The Stock-Feeder's Manual the chemistry of food in relation to the breeding and feeding of live stock
It was described as a monster of terrible size but probable only a hungry wolf or wild boar which roamed the area striking terror into the hearts of all the people.
That her strange outburst of familiarity proceeded from some strong motive seemed to be more than probable.
So long as that looks probable, we must grit our teeth and keep talking. The Sun
I do not mean, that calling a boy Cicero will certainly make him an orator, or that all Jeremiahs are necessarily prophets; nor is it improbable, that the same peculiarities in the parents, which dictate these expressive names, may direct the characters of the children, by controlling their education; but it is unquestionable, that the characteristics, and even the fortunes of the man, are frequently daguerreotyped by a name given in infancy. Western Characters or Types of Border Life in the Western States
There followed a series of political manoeuvres from which one man, the King's brother-in-law, Simon de Montfort, emerged as a somewhat improbable champion of English and baronial interests.
I fear that a land war now looks very probable.
It seems probable that she slipped between both roles at different times. The Times Literary Supplement
The interplay between text messaging and radio is as improbable as the convergence of cameras and phones.
If you argue with a madman, it is extremely probable that you will get the worst of it; for in many ways his mind moves all the quicker for not being delayed by the things that go with good judgment.
If these reforms are taken up, there will be three probable outcomes. Times, Sunday Times
Last year, the improbable storyline involved Slovakia's miracle run to the semifinals, accomplished primarily on the backs of offensive force Tomas Tatar and the miraculous netminding of Jaroslav Janus. Swiss goalie beefs up his status with strong play at world juniors
An election in June seems increasingly probable.
It is very probable that the origin of the capitular body may be found in the bishop's household, his familia, as it existed in patristic times.
This led to a field study which at least seemed to locate not only the site but the probable outlines of the building.
It seems probable that a form of erotic symbolism somewhat similar to exhibitionism is to be found in the rare cases in which sexual gratification is derived from throwing ink, acid or other defiling liquids on women's dresses. Studies in the Psychology of Sex, Volume 5 Erotic Symbolism; The Mechanism of Detumescence; The Psychic State in Pregnancy
The possibility of a secret romance may appeal to you but you should consider what the probable consequences might be.
To date, fisheries literature has suggested three approaches to this problem: the use of regionally specific climate projections that can be coupled directly to knowledge of the physiological limits of the species; the use of empirical relationships relating local climate (weather) to measurements of species or stock dynamics (e.g., abundance, size, growth rate, fecundity) and comparison of population success temporally (e.g., from a period of climatically variable years) or spatially (e.g., locales representing the extremes of variation in weather conditions such as latitudinal clines); and the use of current distributional data and known or inferred thermal preferences to shift ecological residency zones into geographic positions that reflect probable future climate regimes. Approaches to projecting climate change effects on arctic fish populations
The act of promising often represents multiple facts about the world -- not just that the promissor intend to perform, but that it is probable that she will perform, and even that she will not change her mind for frivolous reasons. Balkinization
Not only was it regarded as supremely self-serving, but both outcomes were highly improbable. Times, Sunday Times
It all sounded highly improbable.
We see her tremulous schoolgirl self auditioning for the band along with a trio of equally improbable hopefuls: a ukulele-playing nun, an upper-crust saxophonist and a male drummer ready to don a frock to dodge the draft.
The federation has also decided to replace three players from the list of Olympic probables.
What rendered it probable that the rumour came from "that end of the town" was, that Bruce the younger was this year a bejan at Alec's college, and besides was the only other scion of Glamerton there grafted, so that any news about Alec other than he would care to send himself, must in all likelihood have come through him. Alec Forbes of Howglen
The word cocoa comes via the Spanish cacao, which in turn came via the Maya and Aztec from a probable Olmec word kakawa coined 3,000 years ago. On Food and Cooking, The Science and Lore of the Kitchen
A transesophageal echocardiogram disclosed a probable fenestrated atrial septum with an aneurysm and a bidirectional shunting that was confirmed by cardiac catheterization in supine position.
English before the latter, and upon the whole it seems most probable that _hugger_ is a mere intensitive form of _hug_, and that _mugger_ is Notes and Queries, Number 206, October 8, 1853 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc.
The story is a series of improbable events that lead to armed ex-convicts toting a nuclear device to a plane bound for the Bahamas.
They both beat a burglary charge a year and a half ago, a judge ruled there wasn't probable cause to justify a frisk. WHEN THE SACRED GINMILL CLOSES
A most probable number method using diphenylamine as a color indicator was employed to enumerate denitrifying bacteria, which produce enzymes for conversion of nitrate to nitrite and nitrite to ammonia in soil.
he foresaw a probable loss
Nevertheless, it is probable that ownership does contain within it the potential for direct and indirect control.
a case it was not improbable that the army might be destroyed as an organization, and there is a vast difference between a _destroyed_ army and a _defeated_ army. Chancellorsville and Gettysburg Campaigns of the Civil War - VI
The UBC study involved new species found in British Columbia lakes that have evolved distinct physical traits: limnetic sticklebacks (smaller open water dwellers with narrow mouths), benthic sticklebacks (larger bottom dwellers with a wide gape) and a generalist species to represent the probable ancestor of the two species. Undefined
And to this conjecture I will venture to subjoin another, which hath also its probability, viz. that it is not improbable but the familiars of witches are a vile kind of spirits of a very inferior constitution and nature; and none of those that were once of the highest hierarchy now degenerated into the spirits we call devils .... The Superstitions of Witchcraft
Not only was it regarded as supremely self-serving, but both outcomes were highly improbable. Times, Sunday Times
The doctor had told me that it was probable that he would die from either an infection or a brain haemorrhage.
In contrast, the A. afarensis bone resembled that of the flat-footed apes, making it improbable that its foot had an arch like our own.
Which of these improbable facts is true? The Sun
Ethoxylated chemicals: Chemicals such as sodium laureth sulfate, PEGs, ceteareth-20 and other chemicals with "eth" in the name are often contaminated with 1,4 dioxane, a probable human carcinogen that may also be toxic to the kidneys, brain and respiratory system, according to the California EPA. Marcia G. Yerman: What Price Beauty? New Legislation Seeks Safety Regulations
Which of these improbable facts is true? The Sun
Sunshine, sixes and cider - and a quite improbable victory to boot. Times, Sunday Times
It is also not very probable that his nomination would often be overruled.
His explanation seems highly improbable.
It is very / most improbable that the level of unemployment will fall.
In "Pinafore"—itself a hilariously improbable name for a battleship—Gilbert also took aim at one of the nation's most cherished institutions, the British navy, hallowed guardian of the sea-girt isle. Gilbert & Sullivan, Parody's Patresfamilias
As conspiracy, it's too probable to be either exceptionable or particularly interesting.
It is very / most improbable that the level of unemployment will fall.
He considers it indeed "highly probable that the preparatory sign of a new spot is always a small, bright patch of facula. A Popular History of Astronomy During the Nineteenth Century Fourth Edition
At least, it is almost certain that its principal industries were the smelting and the sale of gold, also it seems probable that expeditions travelling by sea and land would have occupied quite three years of time in reaching it from Jerusalem and returning thither laden with the gold and precious stones, the ivory and the almug trees (1 Kings x.). Elissa
Every time the bird compares its own subsong to the memorized template, the syllables most similar to those present in the template become slightly more probable.
Meanwhile, just as head-scratchingly, the same media that typically treat female politicians like little girls playing dress-up and subject politicians of color to racist screeds and reflexive dismissal were getting all hot and bothered imagining a Clinton-Obama race for the Oval Office ... and telling America that this wasn't only possible, it was the most probable outcome. Jennifer L. Pozner: Super Tuesday Media Musings, Part I: Why Media Forced Edwards Out of the Race
No flight of fancy was too improbable, no wild accusation too unlikely.
The equivalent statistical probabilities for the proven component of proven and probable reserves are 90 percent and 10 percent respectively.
The Center for Science in the Public Interest published a statement this week saying further testing is necessary: “Because the new analyses seem so improbable, confirmatory studies using the best analytical method need to be done before the alarm bells ring too loudly.” Soda drinkers beware: You may be consuming more fructose than you thought
It is probable the currency would initially be set at one drachma to the euro, but then would devalue rapidly. Times, Sunday Times
Considering Cornado's brand of hospitality, any ship in his service was probable no better than a slaver.
Runners were described as ‘rowing their legs to a rapid tempo’, just the sort of improbable turn of phrase which was in fact beloved by the classical baroque.
Ideally, the coach should have watched the knockout stages of all these tournaments before deciding on the probables list.
Now it is not probable that a man chosen for a preceptor was a Frank. A Philosophical Dictionary
Not 3 weeks ago you were revelling in how you had gained a probable vote from someone who had thought you a Labour candidate.
it was caused by an improbable concatenation of circumstances
In Scott, this tension plays itself out through the apparently contradictory styles of world-historical narrative and the "seemingly improbable portal of antiquarianism" 59. The Historical Novel in Europe, 1650-1950
Then it is very probable that the soul of these reptiles is of a different kind from that which we call vegetative soul in plants; that it is a faculty of a superior order, which God has vouchsafed to give to certain portions of matter. A Philosophical Dictionary
I think not; and the conclusion implied by our authors seems to me eminently probable, that in the so-called ether we have simply a state of matter more primitive than what we know as the gaseous state. The Unseen World, and Other Essays
Her hair was an improbable shade of yellow.
The probable outcome is that neither show will win the maJor awards. Times, Sunday Times
By analyzing the sources of return, however, it can be easily seen that a repetition of that historical performance is improbable.
A roast sweetbread was sauced with a Madeira and truffle mix of improbable delicacy.
I have traversed five years of university to decide that academia is my probable vocation.
Newman notes that KFC's french fries are an unusually rich source of acrylamide, a probable human carcinogen found in deep fried foods. The Media Consortium: Weekly Pulse: Palin Revives Death Panels; Boobs Against Breast Cancer; and the Anti-Gay Bullying Crisis
Spread out before her were several open stock books, from which she was endeavoring to estimate the probable number of "beeves" which the early spring would produce. The Story of the Foss River Ranch
A mere year ago this outcome would have been considered wildly improbable.
A roast sweetbread was sauced with a Madeira and truffle mix of improbable delicacy.
I am not convinced that the principle of natural selection alone makes the emergence of rational beings probable.
It is not improbable that he was succeeded in the priorate by Julian about 1009, but there seems to be no satisfactory evidence that he was ever Bishop of Gubbio. The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 6: Fathers of the Church-Gregory XI
Or is it the probable result of financial restrictions and undersold manufacturing? Letters to the Editor
The second step is to quantitate the risk for those substances classified as definite or probable human carcinogens. Risk assessment of chemical substances
Neither side has asserted that the sworn evidence is inherently improbable.
Each individual instance may be highly improbable, but in total it is almost certain that there will continually be major shocks. Times, Sunday Times
It may be grazed by horses, mules, cattle, sheep or swine, but when grazed with cattle and sheep, it is probable that some danger from hoven or bloat will be present, as when grazing other kinds of clover. Clovers and How to Grow Them
A failed raid would have almost certainly made a second term highly improbable, if not impossible. Times, Sunday Times
Before we knew it, we were celebrating one of the greatest and most improbable victories of all time.
The probable cause of death was heart failure.
In the battle field of mind, to live consciously is not only improbable but also unbelievable.
The young, lovely widow dithered between laughter and tears as her three photogenic (if genetically improbable) children machinated to get themselves a new daddy. Murder to Go
That now looks improbable, given the lack of credit available to fund a full cash bid. Times, Sunday Times
There were even curraghs, composed of ox hides stretched over hoops of willow, in the manner of the ancient British, and some committed themselves to rafts formed for the occasion, from the readiest materials that occurred, and united in such a precarious manner as to render it probable that, before the accomplishment of the voyage, some of the clansmen of the deceased might be sent to attend their chieftain in the world of spirits. The Fair Maid of Perth
There seems to be no way out and rack my brains as I did, I could not see an answer to the question, other than the improbable melodrama of her embracing a closed religious order.

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