Sentences with phrase «rule them out by»

Last November, British lawmakers called for a tax on sugary drinks as a means of tackling childhood obesity but the idea was ruled out by the government which said it was not the right course of action.

I won't rule that out by any means.

But this interpretation is ruled out by «an independent Palestinian homeland with its sovereign status recognized by Israel.»

There are hundreds of these prophecies, so that the possibility of their accidental convergence on any ordinary man is completely ruled out by the laws of probability.

I'm not going to say perfection is impossible, though it seems to be ruled out by 1 John 1:8, but the idea of a whole church of people thinking they are perfect kind of blows my mind.

The possibility that any such mechanism can exist has now been virtually ruled Out by the findings of molecular biology.

Conventional contrasts between action and «passive,» «inward» contemplation are ruled out by our concepts of action and practice.

However the NIV inserts a word not in the Greek, so 4:6 reads «this is why the Gospel was preached even to those who are now dead...» The translators admit the «now» is not in the Greek but say that they put it there to make clear that the passage doesn't refer to post mortem opportunity which they claim is ruled out by Hebrews 9:27 «it is appointed unto to man once to die and then comes judgement».

One alternative that seems ruled out by all of the churches» statements is the secularist's pro-choice argument that abortion is simply a matter of the mother's right to control her own body.

The child's obedience is not to be regarded as payment for benefits received from the parents; such an interpretation is ruled out by the unconditional nature of the parents» commitment.

As for the scenario with the 15 year old girl, well, that is the very picture of «minimal grace» and the very sort of thing that would be ruled out by my view of optimal grace.

T4 is ruled out by the contention that God is at least possible — he is not impossible, the concept of God is not meaninglessness or contradictory.

For Sandel, such a corporate «subject of possession» is officially ruled out by Rawls» deontological, individualist premises.

This resolution, however, is ruled out by Kim's third basic assumption — his «principle of explanatory exclusion.»

One thing we know is that Kim will not solve this Kantian problem with a Kantian solution: The idea that theoretical reason deals with a merely apparent world, largely created by mind itself is ruled out by Kim's physicalist assumption that «the world is fundamentally a physical world governed by physical law» (SM xv).

I am not sure that the possibility «that creativity originally had only a single instantiation» is strictly ruled out by Whitehead's metaphysics, but I am not interested in arguing this question here.)

Skepticism can not, therefore, be ruled out by any set of thinkers as a possibility against which their conclusions are secure; and no empiricist ought to claim exemption from this universal liability.

Ironically, this degree of mutual agreement about particulars is ruled out by those who insist that the Buddhist end and the Christian one must be the same.

His arrival at the Emirates was perfectly timed as our BFG Per Mertesacker was immediately ruled out by injury and is not expected to play until Xmas.

Would either or both of those penalties have been ruled out by VAR?

It is reported by the Mail that Schneiderlin was ruled out by a hip injury he suffered during Saturday's 0 - 0 draw at home to West Ham.

United briefly celebrated an equaliser of their own just before half time, but it was ruled out by a late offside flag.

Chelsea star Eden Hazard, frustratingly was in no rush to sign a contract - extension with the club, fueling speculation that the winger could be on his way out of the club — however such speculation has been completely ruled out by the man himself.

Zlatan Ibrahimovic, Marouane Fellaini and Daley Blind were also all ruled out by Mourinho on Friday and so his options are somewhat limited.

Bournemouth's changes were both in defence, with Smith ruled out by injury and replaced at right - back by Fraser, more regularly a midfielder.

Guardiola pointed to Mohamed Salah's «offside» run leading to the Reds» opener in the first leg, as well as the Leroy Sane goal - when City had cut the aggregate deficit to 3 - 1 - wrongly ruled out by the flag.

Per Mertesacker was picked for his one appearance of the season alongside Rob Holding and Nacho Monreal with Laurent Koscielny suspended and Skhodran Mustafi ruled out by illness.

But any sales of Giroud and Chamberlain this summer has been completely been ruled out by Le Prof.. So, Arsenal won't attempt to sign Mbappe this summer.

Then on 55 minutes, Aubameyang had the ball in the net with a smart finish, but it was ruled out by the assistant for off - side.

Spurs had the ball in the back of the net on five minutes, only for it to be ruled out by the Video Assistant Referee system (VAR).

France goal, initially awarded by Ref, ruled out by video, due to the player assisting in the goal being scored was narrowly offside.

Nioplias» side were given a harsh lesson of what life is actually like at this sort of level in their Group D opener, with Govou's opening goal at the Nou Camp in Spain ruled out by some Messi magic and then some, with Barcelona running out 5 - 1 winners leaving Panathinakos bottom of the group, pointless and with a frightening goal differential which could prove their downfall come the final round of group fixtures.

Pedro started, despite having been being ruled out by the manager on Friday.

Wenger, with one eye on Wednesday's trip to Liverpool, rested Mesut Ozil and Ramsey, among others, although Petr Cech continued in goal as David Ospina, who was to have played, was ruled out by a thigh complaint.

But, this has since been ruled out by the young attacker, who feels it is too early to consider a potential switch overseas.

Despite having a goal ruled out by English referee Mark Clattenburg, Porto leveled in the 79th minute from the penalty spot after Walter Samuel was penalized for handball.

Dyche long ago played doughty centre - half in a lower league team, Chesterfield, that reached the FA Cup semi-finals, only to be eliminated by Middlesbrough despite having a perfectly good goal ruled out by David Elleray the referee.

But the Goal was ruled out by VAR as he was in the offside position in the time of the Goal.

You should also have a tongue and lip tie ruled out by a preferred provider.

You don't need to cut back on naps at age two or completely rule them out by age four.

The Department of Health's plans to end a scheme providing free milk for under - fives have been ruled out by No 10.

Presuming the Liberal Democrats would refuse, then a deal involving both the Liberal Democrats and UKIP seems highly unlikely and has been ruled out by the Liberal Democrats.

David Miliband — who could once have been the «prince over the water» — has ruled himself out by literally putting an ocean between himself and the Labour party, swanning off to head up the International Rescue Committee in New York.

None of those recommendations have been progressed under the coalition government, since they were ruled out by both Conservatives and Liberal Democrats at the 2010 election, while Labour's always unrealistic projection of 400 - 600 million passenger movements in the UK by 2030 was further undermined by a weak economy.

There's been talk of pay raises for lawmakers that has not been completely ruled out by legislative leaders, perhaps laying the ground work for more discussions on the governor's other unfinished items.

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But as I followed the citation trail and actually started looking at the primary studies that were cited in support of those conclusions — and thinking seriously about the methods that had been employed in the studies, the presuppositions behind them, and whether there were alternative evolutionary hypotheses for the things studied that were not in fact being ruled out by the experiments — I began to find that it wasn't all that convincing.

For many physicists, the multiverse remains a desperate measure, ruled out by the impossibility of confirmation.

«The best models of quantum gravity are not ruled out by these results,» says Lee Smolin of the Perimeter Institute, a nonprofit physics institute in Waterloo, Ontario.

He maintains that the possibility of time travel is not ruled out by the laws of physics.