Sentence examples for failing to rule from inspiring English sources

We argue that this latter effort fails in all respects it does not account for the properties of the language faculty, failing to rule out languages that are known to be "impossible" on other, empirical grounds, including brain imaging; and does not even make successful empirical predictions about diachronic language change.

The Government has been lambasted as "pathetic" for failing to rule on runway capacity in the South East.

Chemists and microbiologists roundly condemned the paper; in the eight critiques, researchers attacked the study for using sloppy techniques and failing to rule out more plausible alternatives.

It didn't happen but Purnell as culture secretary back then made a couple of speeches conspicuously failing to rule out so-called "top-slicing".

Although just failing to rule out eight cycle completion rates less than 60%, within the statistical limitations of these small cohorts, the overall results for arms A and B are encouraging.

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How can it be fair to punish nightclubs and bars for failing to enforce rules that are flouted even in the most fortified buildings we have?

WASHINGTON — A council of top financial regulators, upset with the Securities and Exchange Commission for failing to strengthen rules governing money market mutual funds since the financial crisis, is trying to force the S.E.C. to adopt stricter regulations.

Most of Britain's police forces are still failing to obey rules to prevent abuse of their stop and search powers, according to the police regulator, raising the prospect that the government will legislate to force them to do so.

The accounting standards board has come under heavy criticism as being slow to act and failing to adopt rules that would have tightened the criteria for keeping so-called special purpose entities off corporate financial statements.

^^^^^^^^^^ MORE NEWS · NHS performance: Surgical instruments may put lives at risk Hospitals are putting lives in danger by failing to implement rules designed to minimise the risk of patients accidentally contracting fatal infections through surgical instruments contaminated in previous operations, NHS advisers reveal.