An experience's being a mere itch does not make it probable that it is a pain, for its being a mere itch rules out its being a pain; and an experience's being indeterminately either an itch or a pain does not make it probable that it is a pain, for it might just as probably be an itch.
Within a generation, he says, the influence of Spanish (distributed through Chilean television) has begun to wipe out the local tongue of the Easter Islanders.Only Spanish, Mandarin Chinese and English the world's most widely spoken second language have the sheer numbers of speakers to make it probable that they will survive for at least the next 300 years.
Again, principle (3) does not apply: something's being red cannot make it probable that it is pink, for there are many other shades of red; something's being red1 cannot make it probable that it is red2, for being one determinate shade rules out being the other.
Differences in demographics and case mix across different intensive care units, as well as a lack of standardisation of cTnI methods, make it probable that this particular search for a Holy Grail will be similarly inconclusive – occasional glimpses of the truth but no certainty.
That structure alone might make it probable that Pikes Peak is a mountain.
Further cuts will make it "probable" reductions to front-line services will be necessary, they warned.
Indeed, Mr Roberts's victory makes it probable that for the first time since 2008 no incumbent Republican senator will lose a primary.But the campaigns have raised the question of what makes a politician truly conservative, a mantle grasped by nearly all of the Republican candidates.
This confirmed a frequent Indian allegation and made it probable that, at least for now, squabbles over territory and terrorism will dominate ties between the neighbours, not the prospect of increased trade and investment.
The value of the shares, equal to 30percentt of Lazard's capital, would increase in the case of a sale to another company or to the public, making it probable some partners will push for divestment, analysts said.
The Yankees, whose unimpressive relief list has included Alan Embree, Chris Hammond, Mike Stanton and C. J. Nitkowski, find themselves in the same predicament, making it probable that the two teams will compete for the same players.
