Sentence examples for preclude out from inspiring English sources

The statement put her in opposition to Nato's top military commander, US Air Force general Philip Breedlove, who told reporters that Western allies should not "preclude out of hand the possibility of the military option".

Speaking to reporters in Munich, Breedlove said that Western powers "should [not] preclude out of hand a military option," but added that there is "no conversation about putting boots on the ground".

Wildfires are not the only large-scale fires humans encounter; in many areas around the world, people are exposed for substantial periods of time each year to smoke from prescribed (or controlled) fires, which are commonly used to preclude out-of-control wildfire threats.

If there is a good reason, then why does it not also preclude carrying out that experiment on animals that closely resemble us?

Former London School of Economics sociologist Catherine Hakim argues the following in her new book, The New Rules: Internet Dating, Playfairs and Erotic Power: "The fact that we eat most meals at home with spouses and partners does not preclude eating out in restaurants to sample different cuisines and ambiences, with friends or colleagues.

As tempting and, at least initially, emotionally satisfying as it might be to launch a conventional ground invasion of Islamic State territory, or to change the rules of air engagement which preclude taking out Isis forces and assets shielded in civilian areas, this may be precisely what Isis wants to recruit even more worldwide and sow further chaos through a rising wave of terrorism.

After plant selection, disease free leaves and branches of the plant were excised with a sterile scalpel and were sealed with parafilm to preclude drying out during transport.

None of this precludes fallings out, which can be intense.

The properties of existing MLK3 antisera precluded carrying out the converse co-immunoprecipitation of the endogenous proteins.

Selling Pepsi-Cola in the Soviet Union — a high-profile example of a then-new trading relationship — didn't preclude speaking out loud and clear about political prisoners and Jewish refuseniks.

Ms. Tyson, who is an unpaid adviser to the Obama administration, said, "Provided everything is disclosed, there is no reason why an economist who happens to have associations in the private sector should be precluded from speaking out on policy issues".