Example sentences of "[verb] [been] blamed for the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The popularity of these films has been blamed for the emergence of Ninja gangs in Lusaka suburbs who wear black masks , carry home-made swords , iron bars , clubs and sticks which they use during burglaries and muggings . |
| 2 | Mr Delors , president of the European Commission , has been blamed for the threat of a trade war which will hit farmers first … then more specialist manufacturers like the Cotswold Perfumery in Bourton On The Water . |
| 3 | THE slump in house sales has been blamed for the failure of a West of Scotland estate agents which owes creditors £70,765 . |
| 4 | Importation of subsidised coal has been blamed for the closure of Parkside . |
| 5 | He can count himself lucky not to have been blamed for the bounce by his political masters . |
| 6 | The suspected assassin , José Sales , who was arrested later , was believed to be a professional gunman hired by local landowners who had been blamed for the murder in 1985 of his predecessor Joao Canuto . |
| 7 | Tree trunks , too , have been blamed for the monster legends ( see New Scientist , vol 95 , p 354 ) . |
| 8 | Unemployment mixed with the political and racial problems have been blamed for the soaring crime rate . |
| 9 | Recession-hit businesses have been blamed for the slump . |
| 10 | The clear-cut hillsides have been blamed for the mud avalanches that caused almost all of the deaths . |
| 11 | Three factors , which acted in regions of dry cereal farming with particular intensity , have been blamed for the low levels of productivity ; first extensive common lands ; secondly , a maldistribution of landed property — the twin problem of the latifundia and the minifundia — combined with insecure tenures and high rents ; thirdly , a type of settlement where the majority of the agricultural population lived in large villages and towns . |
| 12 | Over-fishing of sand eels , the terns ' staple foods , have been blamed for the decline . |
| 13 | Known as " walls of death " , drift nets have been blamed for the indiscriminate killing of large numbers of marine creatures , notably dolphins . |
| 14 | Aideed 's fighters have been blamed for the June 5 killing of 23 Pakistani UN peacekeepers and the United Nations launched retaliatory air strikes on Saturday and Sunday . |
| 15 | Lack of ticket sales have been blamed for the cancellation of Butterfly Children which was to have run at Sunderland 's Empire Theatre next week . |
| 16 | It is in fact the Bank of Japan 's tight monetary policies which have been blamed for the downturn . |
| 17 | Imports of subsidised coal have been blamed for the closure of Parkside . |
| 18 | Arsonists have been blamed for the fire which kept crews busy from 9.30pm until 1am . |