it's almost a certainty

Grammar usage guide and real-world examples

With the continuing drip-drip of new revelations, with a board shamed by accusations that it is a mere rubber stamp, it's almost a certainty that Rupert Murdoch's dream of keeping News Corp. a family-run enterprise is dead.

Over the centuries, it's almost a certainty that more than a few dead pig's heads have been subjected to this kind of erotic attention.

It's almost a certainty that splinter groups would form.

And, in the end, violence is not a possibility — it's almost a certainty".

It's almost a certainty that they would use different words from the ones you might use.

What's more, it's almost a certainty that the treasures in geocaching will be nearly worthless.

After China Central Television, a state broadcaster, aired a confession by Mr Humphrey last August it was almost a certainty.

It is almost a certainty that he will try to mention at least some of the 59 on Wednesday.

But, he warned, "If it is a continuation of the present policy (whatever that is), it is almost a certainty that we will see more or perhaps escalated atrocities.

It could get a lot worse very quickly, and at that point it is almost a certainty that taxes will rise far more than would be necessary to stabilize the debt-to-G.D.P. ratio and hence interest on the debt.

Mr. Rumsfeld said it was almost a certainty that terrorists would obtain biological, chemical or nuclear weapons through their connections to countries that have tried for years to develop them.