Sentence examples for virtually admitted from inspiring English sources
The phrase "virtually admitted" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to indicate that someone has acknowledged something in a way that is not entirely formal or explicit, often implying a level of acceptance without full commitment. Example: "During the discussion, he virtually admitted that he had made a mistake in his calculations."
The Italian government has virtually admitted a ransom was paid, with the agriculture minister in Silvio Berlusconi's rightwing government, Giovanni Alemanno, saying it was "very likely".
In an interview Friday with the Pashto-language service of the British Broadcasting Company, Mullah Dadullah virtually admitted responsibility for the killing.
Fielden virtually admitted afterwards that he had not made it, but Newcastle feel they have they have had their share of bad luck this season.
Following publication two weeks ago of proposals for the Scottish Wildcat Conservation Action Plan SNH virtually admitted defeat by stating that using words such as "pure" in respect of the Scottish wildcat "may not be helpful in conservation terms".
Interviewed on WTMJ radio on the campaign trail in Wisconisn ahead of its Tuesday primary, Gingrich virtually admitted defeat, conceding that front-runner Mitt Romney will "probably" secure the necessary 1,144 delegate majority.
This despite the fact that the motorist had virtually admitted he had been paying so little attention to what was in front of him that he hadn't seen me until I tapped on his window.
You're trying to get me in trouble," he said, virtually admitting he was under instructions to hold his fire.
That account is a bit hard to square with other accounts of Republican obstreperousness, including a detailed one by The New Republic's Noam Scheiber, or with my colleague Ryan Lizza's new piece on Eric Cantor, in which the House Republican virtually admits it was he who torpedoed the debt-ceiling negotiations.
For example, virtually all admitted students with lower test scores have very high GPAs, which we believe are a better indicator of potential success than the results of a three-hour test.
Liverpool's chances of Champions League qualification are virtually over, admits manager Brendan Rodgers.
But Barr's successors, especially William Rubin, considered the art of Latin America a sideshow to the linear progression of modernism, which admitted virtually no applicants from south of the Rio Grande.
