The phrase "a likely event" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it when discussing the probability or expectation of an occurrence happening in the future.
Example: "Given the current weather patterns, a likely event this weekend is heavy rainfall."
Alternatives: "a probable occurrence" or "an expected event."
Do you see this as a likely event and what effect do you predict it would have?
The league has not yet chosen players for the skills competition, which seems a likely event for Lin.
However, it is possible that the likelihood will change over time, and the event can be a Wild Card in certain timeframe and a likely event in other timeframe.
If the average number of cells is below one, we can assume that tumor extinction is a likely event.
The relapse of the child-3 in family A shows that re-infection from a source independent of the family, a likely event in high prevalence developing countries [38], is also possible in developed countries.
Based on the known mammalian expression pattern, the increase in expression is hypothesized to be evidence of apoptotic breakdown of intact αII-spectrin, a likely event that would occur following physical trauma to brain tissues.
What you can criticize economists for – and indeed, what I sometimes berate myself for – is failing even to see that something like this crisis was a fairly likely event.
Which may or may not be a more likely event than me singing "I'm a 50-Year-Old Man" from behind bars when the IRS throws me in debtor's prison next week.
However, this seemed to be a less likely event because SRY copies detected were in multiples of two to a maximum of 16.
You tie your desired future behavior to a highly likely event or situation.
As soon as the population doubles (a very likely event), our self-denial will be for naught.
