likelihood

01. There is every [likelihood] that we will have a lot of snow in St. Paul this winter.

02. The weather will [likely] remain sunny for the coming week.

03. It's not very [likely] that Marsha will come to the party because she doesn't know anybody apart from you and I.

04. Computers are [likely] to become more and more important to the functioning of our daily lives in the years to come.

05. The [likelihood] is that if the Conservatives lose any more members, their leader will be forced to resign.

06. He is a [likely] candidate for the post of vice-president of marketing.

07. Housing sales are not [likely] to go up until interest rates come down.

08. Norman Vincent Peale once observed, "Believe you are defeated, believe it long enough, and it is [likely] to become a fact."

09. You are more [likely] to be killed by a champagne cork than by a poisonous spider.

10. If you get below 70% on the final test, it is [likely] that you will fail the course.

11. It seems [unlikely] that Finland will lose the next hockey game against Belarus because that team is considered somewhat weak.

12. Laura doesn't really like drinking, so it is very [unlikely] that she will come to the pub with us tonight.

13. He is the most [likely] person to succeed because he works really hard.

14. Men in the Republic of Georgia are [unlikely] to help with household chores such as washing or cooking, which they consider feminine tasks.

15. The average American viewer is [likely] to see 15 murders a week on television.

16. Whatever your favorite sport, it is [likely] to have at least one fan who has prepared a website dedicated to the game.

17. 1923 Nobel prize winner for physics Robert Millikan once stated, "There is no [likelihood] man can ever tap the power of the atom."

18. Probability is the [likelihood] of a particular event happening.

19. Studies show that men are more [likely] than women to smoke cigarettes, and twice as likely to have five or more drinks a day.

20. Research into nearly every culture in the world seems to indicate that men are more [likely] than women to pursue short-term sexual strategies.

21. Psychologists have determined that certain types of thinking processes increase the [likelihood] that material will be remembered later.

22. The [likelihood] of the occurrence of prejudice and discriminatory behavior is increased by stereotypes.

23. A Turkish proverb notes that when one eats and the other looks on, there is [likely] to be a fight.

24. People who suffer from chronic stress are twice as [likely] to get sick from a cold or flu.

25. Studies show that in Thailand, where peaceful Buddhist teachings are common, parents are less [likely] to spank their children.