Example sentences of "we [vb mod] rule out " in BNC.
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| 1 | Rather than invoking preservation bias or seasonal occupation of the habitat to explain the geological record , we should rule out the freezing winters and torrid summers simulated by the climate models . |
| 2 | If we can identify style markers , we shall rule out , simply by ignoring them , whole areas of the English language which do not seem to be exploited in any unusual way in a particular text . |
| 3 | ‘ Now we 've found poison in that dish , I think we can rule out any idea of Sir Thomas creeping upstairs to poison himself — purposely at any rate . |
| 4 | ‘ Well sir , I think we can rule out natural causes and I ca n't see how dynamite could accidentally get under a table , so unless he committed suicide in a way that endangered the lives of other people , I think we must assume it was murder . |
| 5 | One of them , the first one we saw , I think we can rule out straight away . |
| 6 | In the case of the white boy , we can rule out the possibility of " mother-tongue " interference because his first exposure to Creole was almost certainly rather late in life and too late to " interfere " with his acquisition of LE . |
| 7 | But we can rule out mechanical error . |