rule out

Yesterday, environment secretary Steve Reed, who was appearing before MPs, once again ruled out the nationalisation of Thames.

He has been linked with MLS expansion club San Diego but City sources have ruled out the possibility of De Bruyne leaving in January for the start of the US domestic season.

Paul De Ley, an associate professor of nematology at UCR, confirmed its fit as an early nematode and ruled out other worm types.

They believe UK government’s funding rules, known as the Barnett Formula, should mean a dividend for the Welsh government, something ruled out by the previous Conservative government at Westminster.

Does the government have a mandate for that in this parliamentary term, having ruled out changes to the main tax rates?