Example sentences of "[vb base] not rule out " in BNC.
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| 1 | I do not rule out a Labour government , pinned down by a narrow majority , seeking to enact at least some of its social legislation through a supportive EC . |
| 2 | In the next section we shall look at the position of theists and of atheists when they do not rule out the possibility of dialogue with one another on grounds of unintelligibility , whether the unintelligibility be God-given or humanly made . |
| 3 | Many grounds of public law illegality do not rule out the making of the same decision again . |
| 4 | Females can grow to six inches or more , so I do not rule out the fishes being female , but if you had had both sexes , then by the time one was six inches the size differential should have shown up . |
| 5 | Studies to be discussed in Section 8.3 have found a positive relationship between volatility and volume , and the ‘ causality ’ studies discussed in Section 8.4 do not rule out the possibility that , on some occasions , changes in volume ‘ cause ’ changes in volatility . |
| 6 | ‘ I do not rule out the possibility that even Greenpeace may be one day be converted on the subject of nuclear power . |
| 7 | Because some members of the cartel have managed to find ways around production constraints applied in the past , observers do not rule out the possibility that it could happen again . |
| 8 | To derive appropriate interpretations for its input , a natural language processing ( NLP ) system must take account not only of absolute constraints on possible structures and meanings but also of preferences that serve not to rule out individual readings as inherently unacceptable , but to give priority to more acceptable readings over less acceptable ones . |
| 9 | ‘ However , they have not ruled out the possibility of fish farms on streams that drain into the lake , which could be harmful if their waste enters the lough waters . |
| 10 | A BBC spokesman said last night : ‘ We have not ruled out entirely a possible adaption , but there are a number of unresolved factors . ’ |
| 11 | While the official party line remains that the Liberal Democrats would vote against a Queen 's Speech that did not contain a commitment to introduce proportional representation at Westminster , party strategists have not ruled out the option of abstaining . |
| 12 | ‘ We have not ruled out the possibility she was struck in the face with a weapon . ’ |
| 13 | Detectives , who have not ruled out foul play , want to trace the driver of a dark-coloured car who may have spoken to the victim shortly before he was injured . |
| 14 | Even high street chains like Hennes who have consistently used the top models since 1989 have not ruled out the possibility of change . |
| 15 | ‘ And I have not ruled out being available for possible British Lions selection . |
| 16 | But they have not ruled out all imaginable uses of nuclear weapons ( O'Brien , 1967 , p. 87 ; Johnson , 1984 , pp. 80–2 and 148 ) . |
| 17 | The water authorities have not ruled out the possibility of flooding large Parts of the Dales , however , and , ever greedier in their search for uplands to despoil and destroy , will have to be watched carefully . |
| 18 | A motive for the killing of the father-of-four has yet to be established , although police have not ruled out a drugs link . |
| 19 | Doctors are keeping Tim on the life support machine for 24 hours to make sure the drugs have worked out of his system and have not ruled out all hope . |