Example sentences of "rule [adv prt] [noun sg] [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | However , he said , his commission was empowered only to investigate matters directly related to the " current " violence , apparently ruling out investigation of past incidents . |
| 2 | The Government are right not to rule out progress towards that , and to point out that a high degree of convergence of economies will be necessary before any single currency can be contemplated , agreed by this House , or sustained thereafter . |
| 3 | Funding from one source often rules out funding from another . |
| 4 | It becomes oddly insulting , not only because it rules out appreciation of beautiful souls lurking behind plain faces , but also because the kind of admiration then given to the beautiful woman begins to assume that her equally lovely nature is sweet , kind , gentle and unselfish — an image of passive , yielding femininity . |
| 5 | EC rules out inquiry on high price of compact discs |
| 6 | On May 19 Petar Beron , the UDF secretary , claimed during a tour of Western countries that the UK Foreign and Commonwealth Secretary Douglas Hurd was preparing a European Community ( EC ) declaration which would rule out assistance for communist governments . |
| 7 | However , Civic Union withdrew support for the government when acting Prime Minister Yegor Gaidar , presenting " a programme of urgent measures to lead the Russian economy out of crisis " to a joint sitting of the Supreme Soviet on Nov. 26 , ruled out compromise on four key points demanded by Civic Union : ( i ) return to the state distribution system ; ( ii ) large increases in the money supply ; ( iii ) freezing wages and prices ; and ( iv ) fixing an exchange rate below that of the market . |
| 8 | Mr Narey ruled out smoke from nearby factories or bonfires in the Wesley Place area . |