Example sentences of "[was/were] to blame for [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | That Fiji won the main prize so easily led to something of an anti-climax , but that was hardly the fault of the organisers , though they were to blame for the scant and often inaccurate team information for public and press . |
| 2 | They used a ‘ Whose fault ? ’ technique , in which children were asked who was to blame for an unsuccessful piece of communication — e.g. , where the listener 's choice of referent did not match that of the speaker . |
| 3 | BRITAIN 'S new racing chiefs are under pressure to order a fresh probe into who really was to blame for the Grand National fiasco . |
| 4 | BRITAIN 'S new racing chiefs are under pressure to order a fresh probe into who really was to blame for the Grand National fiasco . |
| 5 | The PFA refused to specify who was to blame for the red tape , though here have been differences in the past with nearby RAF Lyneham over airspace . |
| 6 | And who was to blame for the high interest rates ? |