Example sentences of "out [art] possibility [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Vietnam has not ruled out the possibility of its army returning to Cambodia if requested by Phnom Penh . |
| 2 | Mr Berecz said he still considered himself a member of the old party and refused to recognise the new one — despite voting for its establishment — but did not rule out the possibility of seeking admission to it . |
| 3 | The review abolished local authority representation in health service bodies , gave a greater role to the Audit Commission to ensure value for money , gave doctors budgets and linked a greater share of their salaries to the number of patients treated , and held out the possibility of hospitals ‘ opting out ’ and becoming self-governing . |
| 4 | Such a government had to be able to carry a programme of economies through the House of Commons : this immediately ruled out the possibility of a Labour minority government led by Henderson , as suggested by Moodie in an otherwise illuminating article . |
| 5 | While few Whitehall officials disputed the need for nuclear weapons to damp out the possibility of a recurrence of the conventional-weapon slaughter of the two World Wars , Sandys had breached a fundamental principle of British military policy — the maintenance of balanced military forces able to react to the unforeseen . |
| 6 | The suggested causes of a given phenomenon can not always be independently observed , and so it is hard to rule out the possibility of there being explanations alternative to the one proposed . |
| 7 | ‘ 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 . |
| 8 | Gaddafi again held out the possibility of handing over the two men for trial by the Arab League in an Arab country , saying such a solution would be ‘ fine ’ . |
| 9 | The Ford has a more aerodynamic shape than the Mercedes , which means better fuel consumption , and he will not rule out the possibility of switching to Transits at 3.5 tonnes at some stage . |
| 10 | Det Chief Insp Dave Sinclair said that although they could not rule out the possibility of someone else having fired the machine , the incident was now being treated as an accident . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | Although Humphrey emphasises that one can not rule out the possibility of auto workers being a conservative force in the future , he does demonstrate that , at this particular historical-political conjuncture , their militant action provided a catalyst for change for the working class . |
| 13 | But , even though it discouraged optimism and ruled out the possibility of progress , it did not weigh too heavily on medieval historians , particularly because the year 1000 which had been awaited by many with a mixture of hope and trepidation , had passed without any sign of the world coming to an end . |
| 14 | It might be thought that the word ‘ ordered ’ ( iussus ) rules out the possibility of interpreting this as a case involving a trust . |
| 15 | The most appropriate technology for many people will be one that helps a country to organise a postal system so that stamps are available , to bring radio within everyone 's reach and that holds out the possibility of early telephone links . |
| 16 | First the polarisation detectors were not far enough apart to rule out the possibility of overlapping single-particle wave functions ; and secondly the pairs of detected photons were not space-like separated — a signal travelling at the speed of light could have passed between the two sets of apparatus . |
| 17 | Even if there has been an infection , this does not rule out the possibility of food sensitivity : diarrhoea of any sort can sensitize the gut so that foods which were previously eaten without trouble now produce symptoms . |
| 18 | At that time Paul Lee did not rule out the possibility of other families in South Ronaldsay being involved in the ritual sexual abuse that was alleged . |
| 19 | TERRY BUTCHER has not ruled out the possibility of staying in football with Sunderland . |
| 20 | Koch decided that no exchange could be located within 1,000 feet of a school , which ruled out the possibility of a communitybased programme . |
| 21 | Even high street chains like Hennes who have consistently used the top models since 1989 have not ruled out the possibility of change . |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | This does not rule out the possibility of critique which by investigation of the structure and forms of ideology as materialized expression ( discourse ) , can affect the forms of human practice . |
| 24 | It does n't rule out the possibility of further guides covering other similar , but not identical , Unix implementations . |
| 25 | But IBM rules out the possibility of taking a majority share or of buying the entire company . ’ |
| 26 | It does n't rule out the possibility of further guides covering other similar , but not identical , Unix implementations . |
| 27 | 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 . |
| 28 | The government 's overriding concern to ensure domestic stability ruled out the possibility of landless Emancipation . |
| 29 | In addition , British membership of Nato and of the Commonwealth held out the possibility of access to a multiplicity of markets . |
| 30 | Their task was simple ; they would entice a given target with their charms or education , whichever was appropriate , holding out the possibility of a night together . |