Example sentences of "[vb -s] rule out " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Department of Trade and Industry has ruled out an official Companies Act investigation of the flotation , in which the ashes of up to half a million share certificates were discovered in a skip in South London and tens of thousands of other documents were botched . |
| 2 | But he said that does not mean the administration has ruled out the use of force in future efforts to oust the general . |
| 3 | The Home Office has ruled out specific allocation of seized funds to law enforcement bodies but is considering the possibility of a central pool for expensive police operations . |
| 4 | Although SAM has ruled out a bid , it might participate in a restructuring of the group . |
| 5 | PRESIDENT Ben Ali of Tunisia has ruled out legalising the main opposition force in the country , the Islamic Fundamentalists . |
| 6 | The Government up to now has ruled out direct compensation for the 1,200 haemophiliacs , 200 of whom are children . |
| 7 | New Zealand , which used to have a habit of joining up with its main western allies in other people 's fights , has ruled out sending soldiers . |
| 8 | He has ruled out any keel or mast changes in the four days left before the final trials but hopes he can find more speed by using new sails . |
| 9 | As the government has ruled out cutting the subscription to CERN , the European centre for particle physics , those statements point to a continuing squeeze on nuclear physics . |
| 10 | Given that the doctor has ruled out infection and other likely causes for the diarrhoea , then food sensitivity should be considered . |
| 11 | Injury has ruled out the current incumbent at No 10 , Llanelli 's Colin Stephens , leaving his two biggest rivals the chance to impress selectors . |
| 12 | Albion chairman Trevor Summers has ruled out making any further comment on the controversy after the club issued a joint statement with the police explaining that their decision was taken because of the adverse reaction that Gould received during Albion 's first match with Wycombe at Adams Park earlier this month . |
| 13 | Home Secretary Kenneth Clarke has ruled out immediate tax increases to plug that gap . |
| 14 | Despite the scale of the task — creating the equivalent of two and a half British Telecoms from scratch in seven years , China has ruled out foreign equity investment in telecommunications projects . |
| 15 | Although the government has ruled out legislation , many organisations are calling for an age discrimination act similar to the existing Race Relations Act 1976 and Sex Discrimination Act 1975 and 1986 . |
| 16 | Seagate has ruled out a completely new range of hard disks for almost every conceivable type of computer from palmtop and penbased systems up to mainframe and supercomputers . |
| 17 | However White and Mackay has ruled out any major job losses from the takeover . |
| 18 | Brice Lalonde , the former French Environment Minister and president of Génération Ecologie , has ruled out participation by his party in a French cabinet in the event of a ministerial reshuffle . |
| 19 | The Foreign Secretary , Douglas Hurd , has ruled out devaluation of the pound . |
| 20 | Fraser Digby is back in goal injury has ruled out Nicky Hammond . |
| 21 | The Conservative Party Chairman , Norman Fowler , has ruled out any cabinet reshuffle following last week 's local elections results . |
| 22 | The Health Secretary has ruled out new legal measures against people with HIV . |
| 23 | The Prime Minister has announced that Britain could provide air cover for the proposed land corridor for relief supplies , but has ruled out deploying any land troops . |
| 24 | The Prime Minister has ruled out military force in Bosnia because of the risk to the lives of civilians and British armed forces . |
| 25 | In an emergency Commons debate on the Sterling situation , the Prime Minister has ruled out returning to the Exchange Rate Mechanism unless it is changed . |
| 26 | The Government has ruled out an immediate ban on birthing pools in hospitals , despite the deaths of two babies born underwater . |
| 27 | It was also revealed that a baby died after being delivered in the birthing pool at the Churchill John Radcliffe Hospital in Oxford , although the hospital has ruled out any connection between the death and the method of birth . |
| 28 | THE Government has ruled out any major changes in its controversial plans for a pollution agency for Scotland . |
| 29 | The Yorkshire handler has ruled out a trip to Aintree next week or an outing in a less demanding event in favour of a well-earned rest . |
| 30 | Junior health minister Tim Yeo has ruled out formal monitoring of unmet need under the community care reforms , flying in the face of advice form the all-party Commons Health Committee . |