Example sentences of "to rule out the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The former Cabinet minister refused to rule out the possibility in the wake of his scornful accusation that the Prime Minister 's shrewd political instincts had been led astray by the ‘ Irish logic ’ of the Foreign Office , though he did say it was ‘ very unlikely ’ . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | For the same reason many other factors have to be controlled in order to rule out the possibility that the observed correlations might not be due to these other causes . |
| 5 | However , to rule out the possibility and say that there are no circumstances under which management or employees will be allowed to diverge and put together rival bids to be considered on their merits is unacceptable and flies in the face of what the Government are supposed to espouse — competition . |
| 6 | These facts do no more , however , than suggest that one ought not to rule out the possibility that Molla Fenari may have made the pilgrimage in company with Seyh Zeyneddin . |
| 7 | It looked as if blending inheritance , which at that time was believed in , was going to rule out the possibility that erm that such things er could occur . |
| 8 | This is not to rule out the possibility of language convergence in terms of grammar , lexis and phonology , which has been reported in a number of cases . |
| 9 | Despite the fact that Hilton says in chapter ten of Mixed Life that the nobleman who is like Jacob married to Rachel and Leah will only become Israel " is verri contemplatif " ( 33.374 – 5 ) , if he is released from worldly responsibilites there is no ground for suggesting that he meant to rule out the possibility of the most profound kind of contemplative experience for the man in mixed life . |
| 10 | But , in a television interview , she appeared to rule out the possibility of a reconciliation . |
| 11 | The company has questioned the viability of taking coal from other seams at Woodbank Farm , but has refused to rule out the possibility of applying for further operations . |
| 12 | Regional health authority officers have denied any plans for a merger but have failed to rule out the idea altogether . |
| 13 | During the election campaign Premier John Major promised tax cuts , but Treasury chiefs refused yesterday to rule out the backdoor tax rise . |
| 14 | But Treasury chiefs refused yesterday to rule out the backdoor tax rise . |
| 15 | It refused to rule out the inclusion of other factors for determining whether a borrower was likely to default or not — like disability or homosexuality . |
| 16 | But Mr Rifkind appeared to rule out the scheme to pay fishermen to leave the industry . |
| 17 | Party secretary Bettino Craxi appeared to rule out the formation of an electoral alliance with the PDS when he told the congress that " the conditions for a leftist alternative are not there on the horizon " . |
| 18 | However , the amytal studies appear to rule out the force of this logical objection since in cases of bilateral speech some difficulty has been noted with injection on either side . |
| 19 | He claims that none of the release sites have been sufficiently far from the home loft to rule out the use of such cues , except in a few cases , such as trans-Atlantic displacement , and in these the evidence of homing is very weak . |