Two have been likely for some time, while the other two, though less probable, have become more plausible in the past fortnight.
Mrs Patil could never claim that, though her probable loyalty to her Congress sponsors is unlikely to matter much until after the next election, due by May 2009.
The murder of former Russian spy Alexander Litvinenko was a "blatant and unacceptable" breach of international law, even though the probable involvement of Vladimir Putin's government came as no surprise, Theresa May has said.
Though the probable cause of the crash has not been released, the safety board can deliver recommendations during an investigation if it believes "there's an acute safety issue that needs to be addressed," Deborah A.P. Hersman, the board's chairman, said in a telephone interview.
The Mukah coal accumulated in the Balingian Formation where the time-stratigraphic position is poorly defined by fauna, though a probable Late Miocene age has always been assigned to this formation.
Dalnoki-Veress said it was possible — though not probable — North Korea's bomb was small because they were simply testing the technology, and not seeking to produce a large explosion.
The argument prosecutors and law enforcement make in this instance is that, even though a "probable cause" situation exists, no "custodial" arrest is possible (because only a traffic violation is at stake) and therefore the driver is only being "detained" under the lower "reasonable suspicion" standard.
By contrast, the use of impure or active placebos seems easier to justify by the (to some extent sophistic) argument that, though not probable, these placebos could have some pharmacological or physical activity that has a positive effect on the health of the patient but is difficult to verify.
It could still achieve an outright win; that's possible, not probable though".
Success remains probable, though only if the president spends enormous political capital.
