Example sentences of "rules out [art] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Its critics claim that any assessment based on arbitrary demographic characteristics rules out a substantial number of people who would have been accepted on the basis of their individual performance , and is therefore unfair to them . |
| 2 | However it is linked to these things because they and it are part of a complex whole , and this rules out the simple correlations between two elements which Engels sought to establish in his ‘ historical ’ discussion . |
| 3 | The requirement for long-term robustness rules out the general use of dowels but the thought of complex , angled mortise and tenon joints is intimidating . |
| 4 | Furthermore , it is said , a defensive strategy based on such weapons effectively rules out the actual use of nuclear weapons . |
| 5 | Stencil , in short , pursues a quest the absurdity of which rules out the modernist option of structuring by myth . |
| 6 | But such an argument implicitly rules out an important alternative ; for it discounts the idea that the attempt to give an a priori defence of individualism may be mistaken . |