Example sentences of "rules out [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Health Secretary rules out new HIV laws |
| 2 | The individualistic bias that Rawls is accused of by Nagel is not that he rules out such conceptions but that he is not neutral regarding them because he makes their successful pursuit more difficult than that of individualistic conceptions of the good . |
| 3 | The demand for a high degree of falsifiability rules out such manoeuvres . |
| 4 | Because a grammatical choice is drawn from a closed set of options , it is ( a ) obligatory , and ( b ) rules out other choices from the same system by default . |
| 5 | Each language has its own phraseology , its own idiom which rules out many options that are potentially available as grammatical sequences . |
| 6 | For I believe that it is determinism that rules out moral responsibility and other things we believe in … " |
| 7 | Kohl rules out one Germany before Europe itself unites . |
| 8 | ‘ And rules out one thing : that she fell overboard by accident . ’ |
| 9 | Perhaps no one 's missing from the Irish ferry , which rules out one line of inquiry . ’ |
| 10 | However , Kuhn insists that this state of affairs does not render the concept of paradigm untenable any more than the similar situation with respect to ‘ game ’ rules out legitimate use of that concept . |
| 11 | This is clever stuff because it rules out frustrating compromises , and you do n't need to carry around any extra bits . |
| 12 | If the new firm is able to accept instructions , it must take all proper steps to erect the " Chinese Wall " to preserve the confidentiality of the client 's affairs : the stringency and complexity of this pretty well rules out any possibility that instructions could be accepted from more than one of the clients involved . |
| 13 | Tight security at the firmly sealed jail also rules out any video recording . |
| 14 | Both need to be studied , and studied historically , politically , and critically , and that rules out any reliance upon the constitutional approach . |
| 15 | Equally , the insistence by Mr Molyneaux that there can be no distinction between the treatment of Northern Ireland and any ( highly limited and purely administrative ) devolution conceded to Scotland , when Mr Major finally ‘ takes stock ’ , rules out any power-sharing or north-south ‘ Irish dimension ’ — minimum requirements for the SDLP . |
| 16 | The defeat virtually rules out any chance of the Sunday League title , with just one win from their first five matches . |
| 17 | ‘ And certainly rules out any motive for murder . ’ |
| 18 | And the depth of his ideological commitment to maintaining Israel 's hold over the West Bank rules out any acceptance of the principle that negotiations should eventually lead to an exchange of land for peace . |
| 19 | The use of eqn ( 10.18 ) shows that this monster would only radiate 10 -30 W of gravitational wave power : this rules out any laboratory equivalent of Hertz 's experiment for the production and detection of gravitational waves . |
| 20 | Solicitors ' firms large and small have come to realise that at a time when competition is intense and growth is seen as essential in order to meet increased overheads and maintain profit levels ( let alone to increase them ) any policy which irrevocably rules out fundamental reorganisation of their practices is likely to prove short-sighted . |
| 21 | Minister 's opt-out decision rules out council-backed CTC . |
| 22 | It will prove difficult for MPs and peers to amend and rules out favoured alternatives . |
| 23 | Amnesty 's ‘ own country ’ principle of impartiality rules out British members campaigning on Vic Williams behalf . |
| 24 | Major rules out military force in Bosnia |
| 25 | This has not prevented their use in Europe and North America , where in any case the risk of infection is confined to relatively small groups , such as medical personnel ; but it rules out widespread use where a vaccine is most needed , in the Third World . |