Example sentences of "[was/were] rule out " in BNC.
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| 1 | Rarely , all the candidates for an anaphor were ruled out , when this occurred , more candidates were generated , as above . |
| 2 | Health problems were ruled out as a reason for possibly avoiding the trip . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | More intensive rehabilitation activities with chronic and elderly patients were ruled out . |
| 5 | Organic causes were ruled out so , as is his wont , he sat down and talked to her . |
| 6 | Moreover , these rules served to protect established policies and the easy access of those groups and interests advantaged by them , at the same time as groups urging change were ruled out of court by a whole series of exclusion devices . |
| 7 | Many possible direct effects were ruled out by the test program and Mayo eventually concluded that a complex emotional chain had been behind the productivity changes . |
| 8 | Intake of potentially hepatotoxic drugs , intravenous drug addiction and previous blood transfusions were ruled out in all patients . |
| 9 | Other diseases such as sarcoidosis , lymphoreticular malignancies , Crohn 's disease , and non-steroid anti-inflammatory drug induced gastropathy were ruled out in our patient . |
| 10 | Examinations involving the use of a hypodermic syringe , the administration of a drug or exploratory operations were ruled out . |
| 11 | Terrorist links were ruled out . |
| 12 | However , the report recommended more research into the subject should be carried out before all links were ruled out . |
| 13 | Scotland could be placed in something of a dilemma if both were ruled out , but Paterson remained confident both will recover . |
| 14 | British Rail was ruling out King 's Cross at that stage , yet two or three years later BR tells us that King 's Cross is essential . |
| 15 | The former Cabinet minister joined the pro-Tory Daily Mail in urging an early decision on membership of the European Exchange Rate Mechanism , something which was ruled out by a senior Cabinet source as jumping ‘ from the puddle into the pond ’ . |
| 16 | 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 : |
| 17 | A concordat between Anderson and the horror genre was ruled out not only by Andemson 's fastidiousness , but by the inability of Hammer Studios to provide an environment in which filmmakers with a strongly defined sense of individuality could flourish . |
| 18 | APLAN by Berkshire county council to create a city technology college was ruled out yesterday by Mrs Angela Rumbold , the Education Minister , when she gave the go-ahead for one of the schools involved to opt out . |
| 19 | If force was ruled out as you say , why were 150 riot police equipped with riot helmets , shields and batons needed to remove 51 people , of whom 43 were women and children ? ’ |
| 20 | Air transport was ruled out because of the danger of crashes on land , which in this case , because of the route , might turn out to be US soil in Alaska . |
| 21 | The youngsters were so delighted when the final whistle went that they all jumped on the luckless coach , bruising his ribs so badly that he was ruled out of the next weekend 's third team fixture . |
| 22 | Robson was ruled out after a week-long struggle to overcome a niggling calf injury in the hope of helping United put right their Wembley disappointment in last year 's final , when they surprisingly succumbed to Second Division Sheffield Wednesday . |
| 23 | In the 10th round , he was ruled out for a foul , and lost his world championship . |
| 24 | Drafted into the final eleven when Hooper was ruled out on the morning of the match with a hairline fracture of the finger sustained in the nets , the 24-year old Adams would soon be called on to intervene on his team 's behalf with the bat . |
| 25 | It was only fair that Neil Kinnock should be allowed to relinquish his post quickly , although the possibility of Roy Hattersley stepping in as deputy for a few months was ruled out too early . |
| 26 | Team manager Noel Murphy faces the press flanked by captain Phil Danaher ( left ) , who was ruled out for much of the tour by a knee injury , and coach Ciaran Fitzgerald . |
| 27 | TOUGHER military action by British troops in Bosnia was ruled out by Premier John Major yesterday . |
| 28 | GARY STEVENS ' injury torment took another turn for the worse yesterday when the Rangers full-back was ruled out for up to six weeks with a stress fracture of the knee . |
| 29 | It was recognised that use of trisodium citrate would remove the need for the separate salt compartments , but its use was ruled out on the grounds that trisodium citrate was five times more expensive than sodium bicarbonate . |
| 30 | Levein was ruled out of the World Cup match after a medical check yesterday , leaving manager Andy Roxburgh with defensive problems following the loss of Richard Gough from his original pool . |