The facts of a given case or the necessary logic of a jury's verdict may rule out any possibility of a miscarriage of justice. |
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The government had been bracing itself for a media firestorm, and had been prepared to rule out shooting galleries. |
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It can rule out or diagnose obstructions, developmental abnormalities, tumors, and stones in the kidneys and urinary tract. |
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Torre hasn't announced the starter for Sunday's game against Boston, and didn't completely rule out Brown. |
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They should also ask for blood work to rule out certain health problems, which might include an overactive thyroid associated with weight loss. |
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Despite the various uncertainties surrounding it, it would be unwise to rule out this possibility. |
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The possibility of obstruction mandates bronchoscopy to rule out mucous plugs, tumor, or a foreign body. |
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He warned of tough negotiations ahead and said they could not rule out the prospect of industrial action. |
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We cannot rule out the possibility of a conspiracy to carry out more attacks in the future, whether near or distant. |
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But she did not rule out a possible connection between obesity and Caesarian births. |
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A negative serologic assay for precipitins does not rule out disease, as many factors can decrease the sensitivity of the test. |
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The addition of undersoil heating would almost rule out the postponement of matches for climatic reasons. |
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If these results are negative, further testing to rule out HCV is indicated. |
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Blood tests may be conducted to rule out other conditions that may have some similar symptoms, such as muscular dystrophy and brain tumours. |
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However, they do argue that to be acceptable, such non-provision must fulfil two conditions that rule out involuntary euthanasia in practice. |
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The appearance of pity and fear on both sides of the footlights seems not to rule out catharsis as a principle in dramatic criticism. |
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No causal study could rule out the possibility that its results were not due directly it interfering with the course of nature. |
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He refused to rule out the possibility of a ballot for fresh industrial action. |
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Routine post-mortem testing did not rule out BSE, bovine spongiform encephalopathy, commonly called mad cow. |
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This would rule out scenarios of numt evolution involving horizontal transfer or introgression between species. |
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But even then, there's no accounting for taste, so I can't even categorically rule out the last bunch. |
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He could not rule out job losses but said that, if necessary, that would be achieved through redeployment and natural wastage. |
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A patient who complains of recurrent back pain is evaluated to rule out a definitive cause. |
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The preliminary work does not rule out making conclusions about possible inexpediency of continued investigations within its framework. |
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I don't rule out the possibility of its return in the future, but I have no plans to recommission it. |
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As NAGYLAKI 1998 notes, ergodicity in itself probably does not rule out very many plausible biological scenarios. |
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Anyone who has prolonged hiccups, however, should have a diagnostic workup to rule out a serious medical condition. |
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The authors could not rule out presence of a pharmacologically active contaminant that may have contributed to the patient's condition. |
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They may struggle against Wales and I wouldn't rule out a Scots win over there. |
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Field relations also rule out a direct genetic link between mantle peridotites and upper crustal rocks exposed on the island. |
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Management begins with a careful examination to rule out neurologic or vascular deficits. |
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However, we cannot rule out the possibility that some infants may suffer from iron deficiency anemia if meat is introduced too late. |
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He said girls and boys would be treated equally but did not rule out separate classes. |
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So I guess I can rule out the possibility of coercing a drunken confession about how much you love me? |
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A coagulation profile should be obtained to rule out disseminated intravascular coagulation. |
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Peripheral pulses also should be measured for rate and rhythm and to rule out coarctation of the aorta. |
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The first concern is to rule out treatable forms of dementia such as encephalitis or chronic meningitis. |
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You might have different tests to try to rule out other conditions such as heart problems, peptic ulcers or hiatus hernias. |
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A thorough assessment is essential to rule out iatrogenesis and treatable contributing causes. |
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This has led me to instruct the State Security Corps not to rule out any line of investigation. |
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A physician checks for any ear infections, and an audiologist may be consulted to rule out auditory problems. |
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I don't rule out that some rogue elements within, say, one unit might misbehave, but that does not make it at all a policy. |
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He said he was in politics for the long haul, but refused specifically to rule out quitting as Treasurer. |
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The glucose level should be determined to rule out hypoglycemia or hyperglycemia and to help diagnose occult diabetes. |
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Furthermore, we cannot rule out the possibility that a selection effect attenuated some of the findings for the Canadian sample. |
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They have said they can't rule out the possibility that mad cow disease can be transmitted from mother to calf. |
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She had magnetic resonance imaging of the heart to rule out right ventricular dysplasia, and this showed no abnormality. |
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The patient underwent laparoscopic chole cystectomy, during which a cholangiogram was performed to rule out a common bile duct stone. |
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A preoperative thyroid scan should be performed to rule out ectopic thyroid tissue. |
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Once he rules out the problem in the throat, a paediatric gastroenterologist can be consulted to rule out a problem in the food pipe. |
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Anorectal manometry is indicated to demonstrate the rectoanal inhibitory reflex and to rule out Hirschsprung's disease. |
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I drew some bloods to rule out kidney failure and cancer of the prostate and referred him to a urologist. |
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The characteristic periods of drought and low beef prices also rule out generalisation about exploitation. |
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Chairman Rennie Pinder said he could not rule out a change of venue but refused to speculate on a possible return to Chorley. |
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The King George VI Chase at Kempton could be next for the horse if the ground was to come up on the fast side and rule out Best Mate. |
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Recent research is not conclusive, but certainly does not rule out the possibility. |
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Bone tenderness over the navicular bone or base of the fifth metatarsal is an indication for radiographs to rule out fracture of the foot. |
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But acclamation did not rule out the possibility of hereditary or even dynastic successions. |
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And although discussions are still ongoing, Scotland Yard today refused to rule out a mooring berth for the container-like ship off the coast. |
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The cause of death was strangulation although the pathologist could not rule out a smothering by a pillow. |
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I do tend to rule out France and Germany precisely because their systems cost a fortune. |
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A punch biopsy at the border of the lesion is necessary to rule out melanosis secondary to malignant melanoma that manifests as a generalized blue-gray skin discoloration. |
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However, the coroner did not rule out gunshot wounds, or asphyxiation as the likely cause of his demise. |
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It made me admire even more people who stick to their principles and remain vegetarian, although I would never rule out going back to my Quorn eating days. |
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Consequently, the extant data imply that the small size of these fossils does not rule out a woody habit or low-light, closed forest habitats, as some have argued. |
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Yet this extreme display of self-mastery, assuming that is what it was, did not rule out other forms of self-indulgence. |
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However, he refused to rule out the possibility that responses to the questionnaire could be used as evidence in the company's High Court damages claim. |
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In 1995, these researchers used newly incorporated techniques to rule out dengue virus as the cause of an outbreak of haemorrhagic fever in northern Nicaragua. |
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Thus, the patient should be examined for the characteristic lacy white patterned and erosive lesions of the oral and genital mucosa to rule out lichen planus. |
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We cannot rule out the possibility that a dromaeosaurid could climb a tree, but none of them show obvious modifications specifically for arboreality. |
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A dilated fundus examination of the retina is advised when these floaters increase in number suddenly along with flashes to rule out any retinal tears in the eye. |
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You can rule out the fringe candidates bailing any time soon. |
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For example, audiometric testing can rule out hearing loss and deafness. |
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She's already turned traitor on her own people once, and as convincing as her story is I'm not going to rule out the possibility she'll do it again. |
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Don't rule out some of the fuller bodied reds as barbecue partners. |
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To rule out cell positioning as a possible cause of fusion failure, the researchers precisely analyzed the arrangements of unfused cells in mutant worms. |
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A bone marrow biopsy can rule out other chronic myeloid disorders. |
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Papa used to say if you don't want to work don't open the store but he didn't rule out the option of slamming the door on someone's toes if they got uppity with you. |
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In his valedictory, Barry refused to rule out a return to column-writing. |
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However, given the lengthy plan period ahead, in my opinion, it is too early to rule out the small shortfall being met by development on brownfield land within the urban area. |
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Routine spinal tap should be performed to rule out other conditions. |
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But he added that the same lack of findings meant he also could not rule out other possibilities, such as strangulation, sexual assault or deliberate drowning. |
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To diagnose or rule out sepsis, doctors draw blood, and sometimes examine cerebrospinal fluid and other body fluids, to look for bacteria or other pathogens. |
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The steep contacts and elongate outcrops of the Upper Jurassic and Lower Cretaceous complexes do not, therefore, rule out gently dipping, tabular form per se. |
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He can only rule out this possibility by appeal to a Hobbesian Fear. |
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We can't rule out that it's an inside job, but I really don't think so. |
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A deep lobe parotid tumour may only be identified clinically by careful examination of the oropharynx and ipsilateral tonsil to rule out asymmetry. |
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Nor does the completion of the canon of Scripture rule out the use of credal statements as tests of orthodoxy and summaries of Scriptural teaching. |
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The vet suggests several lab tests to rule out a urinary tract infection and other more serious diseases such as diabetes mellitus and diabetes insipidus. |
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An intraoperative biopsy was planned to confirm the diagnosis and to rule out the possibility of tuberculoma. |
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After an extensive workup to rule out infection, the patient was diagnosed as having neuroleptic malignant syndrome. |
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Nations have to adapt to these changing realities and rule out isolation or autarky. |
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That doesn't rule out the possibility that additional, as yet unidentified mutations in HIV underlie other cases of long-term survival. |
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Banburismus could rule out certain sequences of the Enigma rotors, substantially reducing the time needed to test settings on the bombes. |
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The first team diagnosed him with paranoid schizophrenia, a serious mental illness which would rule out a prison sentence. |
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Nicholas Brooks, another historian, is not so sure that there was such a synod, but does not completely rule out the possibility. |
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According to Rice, the work does not rule out the possibility that plants themselves can produce methane aerobically. |
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Experts also rule out syphilis, porphyria and pelvic deformation as incompatible with her medical history. |
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They are found in virtually all poxvirus infections but the absence of Guarnieri bodies cannot be used to rule out smallpox. |
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And he didn't rule out a detector van being sent to the island to check out the empty croft. |
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These findings were a first step to rule out some of many alternative cosmologies. |
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This does not rule out Cimbric Gallicization during the period when they lived in Gaul. |
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Perform a cervical exam to rule out prolapsed cord and funic presentation and check for imminent delivery. |
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The ground factor may well rule out one of the more interesting ones, the progressive and unexposed Hurtleberry. |
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In a wide variety of cases, then, DNA evidence cannot dispositively rule out a potential suspect. |
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Still, the defense bar mustn't rule out continued sneakiness on the part of plaintiffs lawyers. |
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Seismologists do not rule out the potential of the earthquake striking Oman's eastern coast from the Makran subduction zone. |
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Eventually some small holes were drilled to test the hull, and ultrasonic testing was done to rule out air pockets in the construction. |
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Finally, only two greys have won the race which would seem to rule out Character Building, Silver By Nature, Quolibet and Piraya. |
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However, they also stated that the study did not rule out archaic introgression to modern humans. |
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Izzard may have recently played to a sell-out crowd at New York's Madison Square Garden, but he didn't rule out a show at the town's Arc. |
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Consider having a chest x-ray to rule out anything structural, as well as an in-office pulmonary function test for asthma. |
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Lumbosacral radiographic imaging is needed to rule out or grade the level of spondylolisthesis. |
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We want to improve the online business organically, but no longer rule out partnerships, and are determined to dynamise e-gaming to leverage the strengths of Ladbrokes. |
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Saudi Arabia and Egypt would not rule out ground operations. |
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Essentially the EAC is seeking to manoeuvre the government into wording the legislation in such a way that will definitively rule out denationalising the power utility. |
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In order to rule out any danger of damage to health, however, Siemens recommends deactivating the disconnection melody or the disconnection animation function. |
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In this case, the authors performed transthoracic echocardiography to rule out aortic dissection, involving the arch and coronary ostial narrowing before and during surgery. |
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Make an appointment with your GP who may suggest you have a blood test to rule out a medical cause such as anaemia or an underactive thyroid gland. |
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Rodgers did not rule out the possibility of working with Queen again. |
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As soon as she improved clinically, ERCP evaluation to rule out ampullary disease, papillary stenosis, cholelith iasis, or pancreatitis could proceed. |
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It is also felt Tommy Griffin may be needed at midfield at some stage so that would rule out his inclusion in the full back line, where he has never played. |
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Getting to the root of serious vision problems may involve MRI scans, a spinal tap, and other tests to definitely diagnose MS and rule out other, rarer possibilities. |
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The Dodgers remained unable to rule out surgery as an option and several members of the organization said the best-case scenario would have Brown out for a month. |
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It is important to rule out PD catheter malposition and leaks. |
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The new results suggest that part of this association is due to common genes, but do not rule out a causal relationship between cannabis use and schizophrenia risk. |
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However, to avoid inappropriate incentives for equity and debt holders, the government should bindingly rule out that taxpayers ultimately cover insolvencies. |
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Fite stain can help rule out lepromatous leprosy, where foamy histiocytes predominate but are separated from the epidermis by a distinct grenz zone. |
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If your lifestyle and well-being are suffering, see a physician to rule out the more serious problems that can be associated with Restless Leg Syndrome. |
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The Sutra texts and the Jatakas completely rule out animal killing whereas in Vedic and Brahmanical texts, animal slaughter is not considered intrinsically wrong at all. |
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The Revolution meant an end to arbitrary royal rule, and held out the promise of rule by law under a constitutional order, but it did not rule out a monarch. |
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A 1-month 3-week-old infant with a history of neonatal jaundice, cholestasis, and acholia is admitted to our hospital to rule out biliary atresia and further treatment. |
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Yet, we cannot rule out the possibility that more mobile and nomadic individuals exist in our study population, as documented in other desert granivorous bird assemblages. |
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If, for example, a diphtheroid is isolated from a spinal fluid specimen, it would be important to rule out Listeria with a hanging drop motility test. |
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The examiner should also rule out other potential causes of anterior knee pain, such as patellar ligament, quadriceps tendon, pes anserine, hip, or lumbar spine diseases. |
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In the realm of practices the authority of both goods and standards operates in such a way as to rule out all subjectivist and emotivist analyses of judgment. |
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But that doesn't rule out an interstellar source of the dust, says Bruce Draine, an astrophysicist at Princeton University who was not involved with the study. |
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This does not rule out the possibility that these capacities are ultimately nonconceptual, but it nevertheless provides strong reasons for supposing that they are not. |
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