The phrase "and thus were likely" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to indicate a conclusion or inference drawn from previous information, suggesting that something is probable as a result of what has been stated.
Example: "The data showed a significant increase in sales, and thus were likely to continue this upward trend in the coming months."
Alternatives: "and therefore were probably" or "and so were likely".
Patients were put on the SPRINT protocol because they were hyperglycemic and thus were likely to be biased towards lower insulin sensitivity compared with other ICU patients.
The appeals court also said notices sent by INA to policyholders informing them of the split "implied that nothing of consequence had occurred" and thus were "likely to deceive," which could be argued to constitute "fraud".
The other transporters either have relatives in Firmicutes, and thus were likely inherited, or do not have close relatives at all.
Since telomeres were constantly subject to recombinant events upon loss of telomerase and thus were likely to relocate or lose the sequence designed for quantification, the maintenance of the URA3 marker in the telomere of type I survivors were confirmed by Southern blot before ChIP analysis (data not shown).
The study was conducted in an ethnically diverse city (with almost 20% of the population self-identifying as South Asian) and all of our participants were UK-born and thus were likely to have had a reasonable amount of interracial contact, particularly our minority South Asian participants.
Two occurred in participants who did not report other unprotected sex and thus were likely PEP failures.
The latest disaster commands a high profile, and thus is likely to command the full attention of the Bush administration, some disaster experts say.
The NSF is working with proposals submitted prior to the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act's passage and thus is likely to have "the fastest turnaround," he said.
Our assays examined HCV spread within populations where miR-122 is stably inhibited and, thus, are likely to provide a more sensitive readout of miR-122 dependency.
The bondholders have first claim on the assets of Mr. Boesky's firm and thus are likely to receive all of their capital back plus interest, lawyers said.
Most leading hotels were already billing customers in dollars, based on the exchange rate of the day, to protect themselves from currency fluctuations and thus are likely to be unaffected.
