The phrase 'was likely present' is correct and usable in written English.
You can use this phrase to describe an event or occurrence in the past that was probably true. For example: The evidence suggests that the ancient temple was likely present before the 5th century.
Since one or more of the bas-1-like genes was likely present in the common ancestor of C. elegans and C. briggsae- which may have diverged over 80 million years ago – it is unclear why the bas-1-like genes have been retained in the C. elegans line.
In it I discovered that historians agree that eel was likely present at the first Thanksgiving dinner, a fact I had until that moment been completely unaware of.
Ancient oceanic crustal material was likely present in the Izu Bonin Mariana arc lower crust, at the time of formation of the Tanzawa Tonalites.
Thus, the α33mer peptide was likely present in a low amount in the PTCEC gluten digest we used which could explain its absence among the identified TG2 substrates.
Thus, TRIMCyp is present in maximally divergent groups within the Asian macaques, and was likely present in the ancestor of all Asian macaques.
Therefore, a mixture of pre- and post-replicatively loaded cohesin was likely present at most centromeres.
Some of these features were likely present even if they were not mentioned.
Such microbial hotspots e.g., [57] are likely present in Palaeochori vents and will be a subject of subsequent studies.
Although vertical U measurements were not available, they were likely present, if associated with atmospheric gravity waves (AGWs).
Although those contracts might contain confidentiality language, Lund suspects that no such strong language is likely present to preclude disclosure.
The results of the present study, along with those of prior work, indicate that immiscible liquid is likely present in the saturated zone at the site source zones.
