Likelihood
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This is an absurd attempt to cash in by ex-scenesters who are, in all likelihood, now in nursing homes.
The gawky, tooth-banded teenager has, in all likelihood, been in Provence all along - and in the projection of the novelist's mind - fashioned into a femme-fatale that makes the LuDIVINE we see on our screens, (and as the central protagonist of the Rampling novel, were it at hand to be read)!
One is "top down," in which the manager takes into account macroeconomic variables -- the interest rate, the direction the market is likely to go, the
likelihood
of improvement in different sectors -- and making bets along those lines.
Plus the intrigue of wondering about the
likelihood
of all the events that transpired was provocative.
Doubts about the sustainability of government debt produce sudden surges in interest rates, as risk premia rise dramatically with perceptions of the
likelihood
of default.
I had many reasons to hope for the defeat of John Howard’s conservative government, but that doesn’t explain why I went to some trouble to vote, since the
likelihood
that my vote would make any difference was miniscule (and, predictably, it did not).
They may overemphasize the
likelihood
of economic success ("I will be making a lot more money in a few years") and underemphasize the commonplace problems that regularly challenge family budgets ("I will be losing my job or getting a divorce").
In all likelihood, the Middle East would have been spared a great deal of suffering had the United States acted with more caution and rigor, as Hans Blix – the head of the United Nations Monitoring, Verification, and Inspection Commission – had advised.
Many worry about an upsurge in inflation, though, given the outsize slack in the global economy – and the
likelihood
that it will persist for years to come – that is not high on my watch list.
The post-WWII period stands as a reference point in America’s collective memory, but it was in all
likelihood
an aberration.
Lower intelligence in early life is associated with a greater
likelihood
of dying from, for example, cardiovascular disease, accidents, suicide, and homicide.
The closer Iran gets to developing a nuclear weapon, the greater the
likelihood
that Israel, with or without US help, might attack Iran’s nuclear facilities.
The
likelihood
of ethnic fragmentation is lower than in Soviet days, but it still remains a problem in the Caucasus.
Capital outflows will adversely affect their equity prices, push up their debt-to-equity ratios, and increase the
likelihood
of defaults.
As a result, the
likelihood
of another disaster on the scale of Fukushima has been reduced.
Germans thinking about the
likelihood
of transfers to southern Europe doubtless recall their country’s reunification after the collapse of communist East Germany in 1989-1990.
The European Union’s economy is sliding into a severe and, in all likelihood, long-lasting recession, largely self-inflicted.
Whoever wins the election will in all
likelihood
pursue a strong land reform program.
BEIJING – With the
likelihood
of a contagious sovereign-debt implosion and European bank failures greatly reduced by the Greek debt deal and the European Central Bank’s lending program, it is time to look ahead.
The depth and alignment of these divisions determine the
likelihood
of various political regimes.
Real estate prices could well decline, with a strong likelihood, at the very least, of a slowdown in the rate of increase.
Then there is hepB, which is over 50 times more infectious than HIV and often passed from mother to child before or shortly after birth, increasing the
likelihood
of liver cancer later in life.
The
likelihood
that Trump will ease regulations and cut taxes has pumped oxygen into US markets, and many business leaders are confident that economic growth is on the horizon.
In such cases, the
likelihood
of failure increases, because of the intrinsically multilateral nature of transnational issues in a global age, and the costly effects on US soft power that unaccepted unilateral actions may impose.
Reported cannabis use at the study’s start increased the
likelihood
of being diagnosed with schizophrenia in the next 15 years.
The greater the use, the higher the
likelihood
of being diagnosed.
In all likelihood, the net benefits of job creation and economic growth that could result from creating a new district (in place of the swamp) would be dramatically higher than the $1.75 million.
The
likelihood
of another, sharper failure has not diminished, because no significant “relief valves” have been introduced.
Turkey’s botched putsch has already heightened the
likelihood
that critical milestones soon will be reached in the country’s relationship with the US and Europe.
Policymakers should have been alert to the
likelihood
of this mediocre outcome.
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