The phrase "a likelihood exists" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing the possibility or probability of an event occurring.
Example: "In this study, a likelihood exists that the new treatment will improve patient outcomes."
Alternatives: "there is a chance" or "it is probable".
The appellate court, in fact, took great pains to suggest that "a reasonable likelihood" exists that Mr. Friedman may have been wrongfully convicted.
Officials said they have concluded "a high likelihood exists" that the cases were transmitted locally.
A very large likelihood exists that other factors gave rise to the heat problem," said Amperex Technology Ltd.
More specifically, the bill exists today -- and the law will, in all likelihood, exist in the future -- thanks to Steve Jobs's illness last year and the huge, expensive effort it took for him to find a liver donor.
Accordingly, a rather limited a priori likelihood existed to detect major differences in IL-17RA-binding properties of the investigated mutant TRAF3IP2 constructs, although an indirect modulatory effect of conformational changes induced by the distantly located mutations in the TRAF-binding domains could not be entirely excluded.
In the original paper about the model the authors stated that the model is not proven concave, so in a case like this it seems like one must worry that a local maximum may have been found (or, even if a global maximum was found, one may consider that another peak of comparable likelihood exists).
The research group was informed that the likelihood existed that not all in the target population had e-mail access, and therefore a paper-and-pencil-based survey was chosen.
In court documents posted by This Is My Next, Samsung needs the devices to "evaluate whether a likelihood of confusion exists between the Samsung and Apple products that will be in the market at the same time".
However, other studies have concluded that the likelihood there exists a 'best' small-size predictive gene list which can be used to reliably improve the ability of patient-specific prognosis using automated pattern processing techniques is unlikely.
