The phrase "a probable means" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing a likely method or way to achieve something.
Example: "Using renewable energy sources is a probable means to reduce our carbon footprint."
Alternatives: "a likely method" or "a feasible way".
The probability of a proposition is always relative to premises or data, and the supposition that probability is always relative to something else that is itself only probable means that probabilities can never get off the ground and so is incompatible with the justifiable assignment of any probability at all.
Consequently, regarding a rival opinion as probable means considering it as affirmable by others – or, in modern terminology, by one's epistemic peers.[35] This insight is an important step towards opinion pluralism, and it is significant that it is in nuce implied in the both-sided probability of medieval scholastics.
Handling CCHF-infected animal materials, such as milk and meat, is a recognized means of infection (19) and the probable means of infection for most of our patients, since none had a reported history of tick bite.
The probable means would be an attack aimed directly at the problem: the camps on Pakistan's side of Kashmir, which harbour the militants who sneak across the mountains with the help of Pakistan's army and into Indian Kashmir.
In the N.F.L., a probable listing means there is a virtual certainty the player will be available for normal duty.
Another probable means for the local temporary neutralization of the influence of atmospheric oxidizers during ball lightning formation is the accidental simultaneous process of the generation of a reducing atmosphere of additional gas reductants—hydrogen, carbon monoxide, hydrogen sulphide etc.
Scores below 13 mean the absence of clinical symptoms of depression, scores between 13 and 25 mean a probable presence of clinical depression, and scores higher than 25 mean clinical depression.
For those in this town and other communities in the demilitarized zone, the absence of rebels means a probable infusion of their archenemies, right-wing paramilitary units looking to kill rebel sympathizers.
For Mr. Larsen, a homeless man from Detroit who spends his nights along the Platte River in Denver -- he has been commuting to Douglas County by public bus -- it means a probable return to the streets of Denver with his cardboard sign that says, "Homeless Vet.
That would mean a probable quarter-final against Scotland or Samoa at Twickenham before an Ireland semi-final, with Joe Schmidt's side having the benefit of a progressive buildup behind them.
