Example sentences of "[noun sg] rule out " in BNC.

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1 Wright defence ruled out
2 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 .
3 The East Hampshire Independent Progressive Association ruled out fielding a candidate to allow them to concentrate their resources on local elections .
4 Election ‘ 92 : MPs cut ruled out
5 Hopes of tomorrow 's talks on the ambulance dispute producing a settlement before Christmas faded when the management side ruled out any new offer .
6 Volcanic chlorine ruled out
7 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 .
8 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 .
9 BCCI aid ruled out
10 Tokyo investment boom ruled out as yen soars
11 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 .
12 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 .
13 Members of three such generations have been discovered ; until recently there was no evidence from particle physics to rule out more .
14 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 .
15 Mersey Tunnels general manager John Gillard said the extent of the work ruled out partial closure .
16 Mersey Tunnels general manager John Gillard said the extent of the work ruled out partial closure .
17 New curbs on street drinking ruled out
18 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 .
19 The plan ruled out price freezes or regulations , the dollarization of the economy or the confiscation of funds invested in the financial market .
20 For some leading feminists , pacifism ruled out revolution .
21 In the use of n-grams or a dictionary check to rule out letter sequences that do not appear in English , the information needed is a list of English words , or perhaps a large corpus of text from which to extract such a list and/or the list of n-grams for whichever values of n are necessary .
22 Minister 's opt-out decision rules out council-backed CTC .
23 Although rain ruled out any real chance of a positive result on the last day the Leewards batsmen never batted with enough urgency having established a first innings lead .
24 The Cabinet committee on a new Government Conference Centre to be built on the Storey 's Gate site ruled out the investment on grounds of cost ( it was subsequently given the go-ahead and , as of Autumn 1985 , has almost been completed ) .
25 Part of this was a hang over from the days of live Television , but even as the Fifties turned into the Sixties , and prerecording came into the limelight , the cost and cumbersome nature of videotape ruled out all but the most rudimentary of editing .
26 The investigating team ruled out other causes including arson , a discarded cigarette , art work restoration , electrical faults and the possibility of the fire spreading to the chapel from elsewhere .
27 But second , enough of an overwhelming victory for the incumbent leader to rule out what has always been the more credible avenue through which change might occur : her own apprehension , reaching her by whatever means , that perhaps the time has come to quit — before the election rather than after it .
28 Is my right hon. Friend aware that he carries the support of the vast majority in this House and in the country in his refusal to rule out a single currency on our terms at some future time ?
29 In a pointed reference to criticism of his refusal to rule out voting with the Government in the future , he said : ‘ Jim of all people should know that there are occasions when Labour as well as the Tories can act against the Scottish interest and therefore must be opposed . ’
30 A water soluble contrast swallow seems an excellent screening tool to rule out an oesophageal perforation .
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