leave out of account
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So far as possible leave out of account the subject matter of the course and consider only the instructor.
From Time Magazine Archive
Continental friends with whom I have conversed on the subject of the British Colonies have sometimes appeared to me to leave out of account some considerations special to the subject.
From Native Races and the War by Butler, Josephine E. (Josephine Elizabeth Grey)
I first warned M. Sazonof," said the count, "that in interpreting my instructions to him I must leave out of account the new condition of affairs in Vienna created by the general Russian mobilization.
From The Story of the Great War, Volume I (of 8) Introductions; Special Articles; Causes of War; Diplomatic and State Papers by Churchill, Allen L. (Allen Leon)
Or, if we leave out of account this analogy and begin with sexual propagation, the problem, on Weismann's theory, is very nearly as difficult.
From A Review of the Systems of Ethics Founded on the Theory of Evolution by Williams, C. M.
But if this tells seriously against Thomas, we must not leave out of account what tells in his favour.
From The Expositor's Bible: The Gospel of St John, Vol. II by Dods, Marcus
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