Example sentences of "ruled [adv prt] by the [noun] of " in BNC.
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| 1 | Conclusive falsifications are ruled out by the lack of a perfectly secure observational base on which they depend . |
| 2 | Presumably an even more westerly line was ruled out by the presence of the marsh . |
| 3 | The argument is that just as direct democracy is ruled out by the size of the modern state , so too once companies grow beyond a certain size it is no longer possible to involve all their members directly in the decisions concerning the running of the company . |
| 4 | There were nevertheless plenty of suggestions for targets : St Nazaire was considered but dismissed because shoal waters were thought to make a sea approach impractical ; Dieppe appeared too heavily defended ; and many suggested moves to occupy distant islands were ruled out by the impossibility of maintaining garrisons . |
| 5 | 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 : |
| 6 | 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 . |