Example sentences of "was rule out " in BNC.

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1 British Rail was ruling out King 's Cross at that stage , yet two or three years later BR tells us that King 's Cross is essential .
2 The former Cabinet minister joined the pro-Tory Daily Mail in urging an early decision on membership of the European Exchange Rate Mechanism , something which was ruled out by a senior Cabinet source as jumping ‘ from the puddle into the pond ’ .
3 By 1908 , when he saw that his stipulation was ruled out by the failure of British immigrants and the Liberal acceleration of colonial self-government — soon to be followed by South African union — he unhesitatingly drew the correct conclusion :
4 A concordat between Anderson and the horror genre was ruled out not only by Andemson 's fastidiousness , but by the inability of Hammer Studios to provide an environment in which filmmakers with a strongly defined sense of individuality could flourish .
5 APLAN by Berkshire county council to create a city technology college was ruled out yesterday by Mrs Angela Rumbold , the Education Minister , when she gave the go-ahead for one of the schools involved to opt out .
6 If force was ruled out as you say , why were 150 riot police equipped with riot helmets , shields and batons needed to remove 51 people , of whom 43 were women and children ? ’
7 Air transport was ruled out because of the danger of crashes on land , which in this case , because of the route , might turn out to be US soil in Alaska .
8 The youngsters were so delighted when the final whistle went that they all jumped on the luckless coach , bruising his ribs so badly that he was ruled out of the next weekend 's third team fixture .
9 Robson was ruled out after a week-long struggle to overcome a niggling calf injury in the hope of helping United put right their Wembley disappointment in last year 's final , when they surprisingly succumbed to Second Division Sheffield Wednesday .
10 In the 10th round , he was ruled out for a foul , and lost his world championship .
11 Drafted into the final eleven when Hooper was ruled out on the morning of the match with a hairline fracture of the finger sustained in the nets , the 24-year old Adams would soon be called on to intervene on his team 's behalf with the bat .
12 It was only fair that Neil Kinnock should be allowed to relinquish his post quickly , although the possibility of Roy Hattersley stepping in as deputy for a few months was ruled out too early .
13 Team manager Noel Murphy faces the press flanked by captain Phil Danaher ( left ) , who was ruled out for much of the tour by a knee injury , and coach Ciaran Fitzgerald .
14 TOUGHER military action by British troops in Bosnia was ruled out by Premier John Major yesterday .
15 GARY STEVENS ' injury torment took another turn for the worse yesterday when the Rangers full-back was ruled out for up to six weeks with a stress fracture of the knee .
16 It was recognised that use of trisodium citrate would remove the need for the separate salt compartments , but its use was ruled out on the grounds that trisodium citrate was five times more expensive than sodium bicarbonate .
17 Levein was ruled out of the World Cup match after a medical check yesterday , leaving manager Andy Roxburgh with defensive problems following the loss of Richard Gough from his original pool .
18 Salako jarred the same knee in training with England before the 4–0 World Cup defeat of Turkey and was ruled out of Palace 's clash with Nottingham Forest last Saturday .
19 Ruddock 's goal was ruled out by referee Martin Bodenham , because Teddy Sheringham was pushing Andy Pearce .
20 He was ruled out of Graham Taylor 's European championship squad by a leg injury .
21 Penny , three times world champion and favourite to take the Olympic crown on Monday , lost vital points when , as she lay fifth in the seventh race in her class , the centre board broke and she was ruled out of the race .
22 The three-time world champion and favourite to take the Olympic crown on Monday lost vital points when she was ruled out of the seventh race after her board broke .
23 However , staying was ruled out by the realisation that it was impossible to find a suitable single site to accommodate all the various departments .
24 Although as the largest parliamentary party the CEDA might have expected to dominate government after the November 1933 election , this was ruled out by the President of the Republic , Alcalá Zamora , on grounds of the CEDA 's non-republicanism .
25 David Campese required surgery and was ruled out of Australia 's team for the Hong Kong Sevens after damaging a knee when playing rugby league at training with his Italian club , Milan .
26 But when it was found that I was twenty days short of being twenty-one years older than Richard , legal adoption was ruled out .
27 a ‘ balanced ’ account was ruled out because those editors also worked hard to exclude ‘ balanced ’ accounts .
28 Lilley stated that nothing was ruled out in his review .
29 When pressed by Jeremy Corbyn ( Labour ) about the department 's perceived shift towards means-testing and away from the universality he replied this was expected as the Labour party was also re-examining its commitment to universality — as John Smith has said ‘ nothing was ruled out and nothing was ruled in ’ .
30 Jinxy Jon Dye was ruled out with a hamstring pull and Ian Heggie had a broken hand which created a big hole up front and Kevin Wesson was also unfit , leaving the defence weakened .
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