Example sentences of "could not rule out " in BNC.
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| 1 | THE National Blood Transfusion Service said last night that it could not rule out a patient contracting the HIV virus as Arthur Ashe did . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | ‘ Early days maybe , as the physician said — he could not rule out the possibility . |
| 4 | County homicide chief , Lieutenant John Tenwolde said he could not rule out the possibility that Mr Spiro had also been a victim of his family 's killer . |
| 5 | And they could not rule out the bigger commercial craft , tugs , lighters , oil tankers , and general cargo coasters , pursuing their lawful occasions on the Thames . |
| 6 | The national coach could not rule out the possibility , either , that Ferguson might go from the under-21 squad to the full international pool at Ibrox in the space of 24 hours . |
| 7 | He did not as yet know all the details of how they had died , and what had gone before , but rumour had it that no great physical strength had been involved so that you could not rule out a woman as the killer . |
| 8 | Officials in charge of the Cervical Screening Programme say women should not be deterred from having tests although they could n't rule out more mistakes . |