Example sentences of "rule out [art] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A good beginning does not rule out a calamitous ending : that is the way of war . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | Although police in subsequent statements inclined towards a simple robbery motive ( the killer stole Fr Men 's briefcase ) , they did not rule out a political motive . |
| 4 | But the Chancellor said in a series of television and radio interviews that he did not believe in ‘ trying to play silly games , political games ’ — and he would not rule out a further increase if it became necessary . |
| 5 | But this does not rule out a high response to real wage changes which are thought to be temporary : for example , suppliers of labour may well want to take advantage of a temporarily high real wage by supplying more labour , taking leisure ( that is , supplying less labour ) when the real wage has fallen back . |
| 6 | Why , in particular , should we rule out a fourth possibility , that the origin of life is a far more probable event than is suggested by Statement 3 ? |
| 7 | His three marriage break-ups have been traumatic , but he does not rule out a fourth attempt . |
| 8 | A government minister , last week appointed to look after green affairs , says he ca n't rule out a three pound gallon of petrol at the pumps . |
| 9 | Police say the attack on Ashiq , married with an 18-month-old daughter , appeared senseless and that they ca n't rule out a racial motive . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | Do n't entirely rule out the ultimate staging of a joint men 's and women 's event . |
| 12 | We can immediately rule out the adiabatic HDM model as it predicts insufficient structure on small scales , even taking into account nonlinear evolution . |
| 13 | That might not be a problem to arable farmers or larger livestock men , but it will rule out the small livestock farm . |
| 14 | Reports in mid-October suggested , however , that US and United Kingdom investigators still believed that the new evidence did not rule out the original assumption that the attack had been ordered by Iran and Syria in revenge for the accidental shooting down in July 1988 in the Gulf of an Iranian airbus by the USS Vincennes , when 290 people were killed [ see pp. 36169-70 ; 37898 ] . |
| 15 | The group details are then re-examined for surface materials that might rule out the preliminary choice because of corrosion problems and choice is modified by the addition or substitution of a chemical type that will not affect the surfaces involved . |