Example sentences of "have [adv] ruled [adv prt] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 He says he has already ruled out IBM Corp , and what makes the announcement intriguing is that the number of potential partners is so small .
2 The earlier 1pm start to Section 1 matches has virtually ruled out schoolboy cricketers , who are also denied Touche Ross Cup selection with ties now beginning at noon .
3 In fact , the very first paragraph of the Brazzaville Conference report had expressly ruled out self-determination as a possibility , and during the RPF years de Gaulle had made fairly explicit statements in favour of preserving the empire .
4 In the case of wage bargaining , the Tories had earlier ruled out incomes policy but as inflation accelerated , following the boom-induced rise in world commodity prices and the downward ‘ float ’ of the pound on the foreign exchanges from 1972 , Heath imposed a statutory pay and prices standstill .
5 They had previously ruled out alternatives to a one-phase project comprising shops , a multi-storey car park , bus and taxi interchanges and some housing .
6 Vranitzky , who had previously ruled out co-operation with Haider 's FPÖ , began negotiations on Oct. 16 to renew the " grand coalition " of the SPÖ and the ÖVP for a further term .
7 That 's even though the British Boxing Board have already ruled out Barkley from fighting here because of eye retina damage .
8 Police investigating the death of a man in a house fire have now ruled out murder .
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