Example sentences of "[not/n't] [adv] rule out [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | On Aug. 9 Cuomo stated that Bush could be defeated by an aggressive campaign which focused on domestic issues , but suggested that he was not interested in seeking the nomination , although he did not entirely rule out the possibility . |
| 2 | The first stage , it should be noted , does not necessarily rule out the possibility of ontological pluralism , unless it explicitly includes the thesis of independence of substance ; it merely involves a rejection of the view that properties and relations are two mutually separate and incommensurable categories , with relations allegedly being purely extrinsic " to ( and hence making no difference to the essential nature of ) their terms . |
| 3 | ‘ Then you do not now rule out the possibility of murder ? ’ she said . |
| 4 | Even though it is generally recognised that , at best , the principles of operant conditioning described in Verbal Behaviour contribute but a small part to our understanding of the processes of language development , this does not immediately rule out the possibility of employing techniques based upon operant conditioning to help those children who are not developing language in the normal way . |
| 5 | This is independent of the distortion circuit , and presumably high impedance , so it would not completely rule out the use of tapes and CDs inputted here so that your hours of lonely practice can be enhanced by accompaniment . |
| 6 | These studies on the fine specificity of structures recognised by blood group antibodies do not completely rule out the possibility that a different epitope could be recognised by the antibodies in the livers and colons of PSC patients . |
| 7 | Do n't entirely rule out the ultimate staging of a joint men 's and women 's event . |
| 8 | We had a little chat with Unix System Labs president Roel Pieper last week and he did n't exactly rule out the possibility of USL making a takeover move on Santa Cruz Operation Inc ( UX No 396 ) : however , he said , it would n't be a good business value unless both firms were committed to going in the same direction . |