The phrase "are virtually certain to become" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when expressing a high level of confidence about a future event or outcome.
Example: "Given the current trends in technology, these innovations are virtually certain to become mainstream in the next few years."
Alternatives: "are highly likely to become" or "are almost guaranteed to become".
Hacks are virtually certain to become more common.
The recommendations and findings are already being read eagerly here and are virtually certain to become part of the upcoming mayoral campaign as Harold Washington seeks re-election.
Coastal floods that might now occur once every 10 years could happen twice as often at Johnson, twice to three times as often at Kennedy and 10 times more often at Ames. "NASA coastal centers that are already at risk of flooding are virtually certain to become more vulnerable in the future," the working group wrote in a 2014 report.
Ochoa has played 19 times this year, and is virtually certain to become the first $3 million woman in golf, with at least four tournaments left on her schedule.
Next year the ruling African National Congress (ANC) will choose a new leader, who will be virtually certain to become the country's president when South Africans vote for one in 2009.
The surgery adds another note of frustration for Gilmour, who is virtually certain to become an unrestricted free agent at the end of the season, as the Devils have shown very little interest in signing him.
Nor did she tell her doctor when the test revealed that she was virtually certain to get it.
Western diplomats and party officials had said Mr. Nyers was virtually certain to get the prime minister's post.
At some point, probably in a matter of years, a group of pragmatic power industry engineers will be convened to seriously scrutinize tokamak fusion, and they are virtually certain to declare that it cannot become a practical power system.
Those holding Greek debt are "virtually certain" to suffer losses, it said.
