Sentence examples for it was virtually certain from inspiring English sources

It was virtually certain that East's vulnerable three-bid was based on a seven-card suit.

Without a number, it was virtually certain that a child was in America illegally.

For starters, it was virtually certain that they would agree to hear one of several challenges to the federal Defense of Marriage Act of 1996.

Because of her 7th percentile, Ms. Isaacson was told in February that it was virtually certain that she would not be getting tenure this year.

Under a proposed modification, players would be penalized only when it was virtually certain that they had caused the ball to move.

Failing that, they said, prosecutors should at least have to prove that the speaker knew that it was virtually certain that someone would feel threatened.

In the future, the report said, "it is virtually certain" that coastal headlands, spits and barrier islands will erode faster than they have in the past.

—It is virtually certain that increases in the frequency of warm daily temperature extremes and decreases in cold extremes will occur throughout the 21st century on a global scale.

In July, a team of international scientists brought together by Climate Central concluded that "it is virtually certain" that the heat wave that struck Europe in early July was more likely now due to climate change.

It is virtually certain that petroleum will be found there".

It is virtually certain, he added, that Lionsgate will remain involved with OddLot.