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probable English

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probable

If something is probable, there is a high chance of it happening, being true, or existing. Weather is the probable cause of this morning's traffic problems. It's probable that he'll be here later.

probable

(= likely) likely but not certain to be or become true or real a likely result he foresaw a probable loss apparently destined the probable consequences of going ahead with the scheme an applicant likely to be chosen

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Simple sentences

It is probable that she will come.
A telephone call from him is probable tonight.
It is probable that he is ill.
It is probable that she will come tomorrow.
It is probable that her first album will sell well.

Movie subtitles

Probable, even.
Possible, but not probable.
Will you believe me if I name the probable minimum?
We'll break out a chart of the probable minefields.
And now that his son will soon be well. it is probable Mr. Chia will soon present himself once more in public.
No, but I believe I know someone who's probable in there.
That didn 't seem probable because nothing was there except the Antarctic.
Making a guess at her probable speed, I estimate that if she were making for Rio, she'd be there this morning, December 12th. If she's making here, for the River Plate, and that's what I believe she'll be here 24 hours later.
But not very probable.
More than probable you will be. but first you're goin' to church and get married, ya hear?
Very probable.
It is possible, even probable.
It's not probable, but.
I prefer to let you attempt to decide for yourself the probable consequence of swallowing a soul.
So you refuse to abandon the notion of subjugating humans, despite the probable outcome?
But.. Hardly probable.
From a medical viewpoint that's possible, but hardly probable.
It's probable, but I don't see what you can do about it.
No, nothing to prevent him but in this case I don't think it probable.
You mean it's not probable, Lafarge.
But not very probable. - OK, fellas.
Prof. Sikarna, with the computer's help, has calculated a probable scenario.
After that it's an open court case, and very probable sentence.
Did the get the probable time of death?
If they've suffered badly from the effects of. of the sight of this horror and. destruction. it is probable that as a consequence some of them may. suffer.
It's highly probable that they've all left by now.
It's probable that their invasion plans are already going ahead and the universe can be taken by surprise, because of your greed!
Most probable, mass of energy.
That is the more probable version.
Well, that's not very probable.
It's probable.
And the fracturing of his skull: point two plus the various other things we mentioned would make it very probable probable, not certain that the deceased was killed and then pushed from your daughter's window.
It's very probable. - Revolt!
And even probable.

News and current affairs

The probable answer is: both.
Another scenario - almost as probable as a Labour-led coalition - is a weak and unstable Conservative government.
How the Middle East develops will determine the extent of the risks for, or even probable challenges to, Europe's security.
A probable cause of the collapse of the interbank market is precisely informational failure.
The message seems to have gotten through to North Korea; we have seen no nuclear weapons test, despite its probable ability to so.
Or, as Karl Popper put it, truth is never definitive and error is always probable.
If evidence emerges that Korea has the means to deliver nuclear weapons, then it seems probable that Japan will follow suit and develop its own nuclear capacity, riling South Korea and China.
Even if the prospect or threat of the use of force among states has become less probable, it will retain a high impact, and it is just such situations that lead rational actors to purchase expensive insurance.
In Africa it is also probable that we will see other secessions (perhaps soon in Nigeria?).
This means that the pendulum swings in power between right and left that Americans and Europeans take for granted will become not only possible but probable.
Over the next two months the IPCC will release further reports detailing the human and economic impacts of probable climate change and the costs and benefits of combating it.
It is probable, though, that most of the new investment will have to be carried out with state subsidies.
But it seems probable that the argument over majority voting rules is really a stalking horse for deeper differences about the future of the EU.
Even so, the fact that very high inflation is possible does not make it probable, so one should be cautious in arguing that higher gold prices are being driven by inflation expectations.
Unfortunately, global cacophony seems more probable.
The prospects for each of these democratizing developments vary significantly, as do the probable cost-benefit equations.
If they are overlapping, which is highly probable, bilateral negotiations will be held.
Many people, including President John F. Kennedy, believed in the 1960's that there would be dozens of countries with nuclear weapons by now, and that their use would be highly probable.
One area of probable continuity is the Middle East, where Obama will continue to try to broker a deal between Israelis and Palestinians and press Iran not to develop nuclear weapons.
In a country where law is the man in power, this remains probable.

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