Example sentences of "have not ruled out [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Though no-one has been injured , the incidents are potentially damaging to the SNP which has not ruled out civil disobedience as part of its campaign against water privatisation . |
| 2 | He wants to see cultural activities in at least part of Somerset House — although he has not ruled out some commercial use ( for example , a hotel ) in the rest . |
| 3 | But they have not ruled out all imaginable uses of nuclear weapons ( O'Brien , 1967 , p. 87 ; Johnson , 1984 , pp. 80–2 and 148 ) . |
| 4 | Doctors are keeping Tim on the life support machine for 24 hours to make sure the drugs have worked out of his system and have not ruled out all hope . |
| 5 | Detectives , who have not ruled out foul play , want to trace the driver of a dark-coloured car who may have spoken to the victim shortly before he was injured . |
| 6 | The police have questioned Mr Probyne and say he 's been very helpful , but they have n't ruled out any line of inquiry : |