Example sentences of "[noun] rule out " in BNC.
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| 1 | Experts ruled out equipment failure as a million-to-one chance . |
| 2 | But director general Sir Bryan Carsberg ruled out referring the investigation to the Monopolies and Mergers Commission . |
| 3 | Wright defence ruled out |
| 4 | The transporters are designed to withstand accidents and until recently the Govenrment ruled out any possibility of a radioactive leak . |
| 5 | With neutral Hampden Park ruled out due to renovation work , Rangers manager Walter Smith and Celtic No.2 Joe Jordan were involved in the bizarre situation of having to toss a coin to determine the semi-final venue . |
| 6 | The East Hampshire Independent Progressive Association ruled out fielding a candidate to allow them to concentrate their resources on local elections . |
| 7 | Election ‘ 92 : MPs cut ruled out |
| 8 | The five affected ministers were believed to have expressed the desire to step down , but Chandra Shekhar ruled out their resignation , taking the strictly technical line that they could continue as ministers for six months without being members of parliament . |
| 9 | JD and the Left Front parties ruled out participation in a coalition , but agreed to support a Congress ( I ) minority government from outside on specific issues . |
| 10 | Neither of the main parties ruled out formation of a coalition ; no party in Israel had ever won the 61 seats necessary to secure a majority in the Knesset . |
| 11 | However , Queen 's will be struggling for a scrum-half with former Irish Schools ' skipper Kenton Hillman ruled out for two months because of a shoulder injury , while centre Gerry Ross is heading for Trinity . |
| 12 | Hopes of tomorrow 's talks on the ambulance dispute producing a settlement before Christmas faded when the management side ruled out any new offer . |
| 13 | The Interior Minister Enrique Krauss Rusque ruled out a blanket political amnesty , however , and stated that members of the group could be tried for past crimes . |
| 14 | Volcanic chlorine ruled out |
| 15 | This was partly due to the timescale involved ( the commitment to privatise during the Conservatives ' third term ruled out any complex break-up ) , but was also due to the problems involved with the nuclear industry . |
| 16 | An inquiry from Hilden Rec for a leasing arrangement at Glenmore has been turned down , and the Leisure and Allied Services Committee said the present demand for public pitches in the Borough ruled out any thoughts of a leasing arrangement . |
| 17 | BCCI aid ruled out |
| 18 | Tokyo investment boom ruled out as yen soars |
| 19 | Methods to rule out such concurrent illnesses and conditions must include cerebrospinal fluid examination and either brain imaging ( computed tomography or magnetic resonance ) or autopsy . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | None of these grounds of illegality rules out the possibility that exactly the same decision might be reached even if natural justice were complied with , or all relevant considerations were taken into account , or the authority were to ignore all undue fetters on its discretion . |
| 22 | City : L'Oreal rules out Nestle bid |
| 23 | Its critics claim that any assessment based on arbitrary demographic characteristics rules out a substantial number of people who would have been accepted on the basis of their individual performance , and is therefore unfair to them . |
| 24 | Members of three such generations have been discovered ; until recently there was no evidence from particle physics to rule out more . |
| 25 | Mr Lamont also used the news as an opportunity to rule out once again any more cuts in interest rates in the immediate future , saying the signs of spontaneous recovery confirm his judgement that he has done enough to bring the recession to an end . |
| 26 | These were the very rays which provided energy to synthesise amino acids and sugars in the primordial oceans , so the arrival of the blue-greens ruled out the possibility that life on earth could ever begin in the same way again . |
| 27 | Mersey Tunnels general manager John Gillard said the extent of the work ruled out partial closure . |
| 28 | Mersey Tunnels general manager John Gillard said the extent of the work ruled out partial closure . |
| 29 | New curbs on street drinking ruled out |
| 30 | On Dec. 29 an official inquiry report by a Sind High Court judge ruled out any political motive in the assault and cleared Marwat Khan of complicity in the alleged incident . |