virtually certain

After about 10 minutes, she said, death is virtually certain.

At least one board member, however, is virtually certain not to return.

He was virtually certain that she knew nothing about them.

If passed, as seems virtually certain, it would take effect late next month.

But it is virtually certain that they were only part of his force.

Why would a company issue a security that was virtually certain to drive down the price of its stock?

Dividing Iraq, however, is virtually certain to make things worse.

Passage is virtually certain, since the Senate has passed a similar bill.

The seats are seen as virtually certain to remain Democratic.

This makes it virtually certain that no regulations will be in effect before 1990.

That record is virtually certain to be broken because the Americans have four games left this year.

The committee is virtually certain to go along with the task force and ask that the House drop the matter.

But officials on both sides said they were virtually certain to reach an agreement before the end of the day.

But the raises are virtually certain to take effect next Wednesday.

"It is virtually certain we will challenge one," he said.

The trade could come after news broke that was virtually certain to move the market in one direction or another the next day.

The new development makes it virtually certain that the operation will not be carried out.

Most of those free agents are virtually certain to return to their old clubs May 1.

But there are virtually certain to be some ugly outcomes.

Whoever gets the job is virtually certain to be a Democrat.

Convictions in cases relating to national security here are virtually certain.

If they do, the Yankees are virtually certain not to try to match it.

Adele's 21 is virtually certain to do something this year that has never been done before.

Based on your background, it's virtually certain that you'll be accepted into the program if you want it.

One consequence of the lawyer change is that the trial seems virtually certain to take longer.