Example sentences of "[noun] blame for the " in BNC.
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1 | I recognised Lingary 's name from the times Andy had talked about the Falklands ; he 'd been Andy 's CO , the one Andy blamed for the deaths of some of his men . |
2 | Jackson may well have the spirit of punk to blame for the misunderstanding . |
3 | During an earlier panic about garotting robberies and stabbing incidents in 1856 , The Times had enjoyed the good fortune actually to discover some real foreigners to blame for the outrages , pointing the accusing finger at ‘ men who have been discharged from the foreign legions ’ . |
4 | Though his first political sympathies were with the Union and the right-wing of the Conservative party , William Joyce subsequently held English misgovernment to blame for the loss of Ireland . |
5 | A BOOK that blew the cover of spy Ian Spiro was last night blamed for the slaughter of his family . |
6 | In fact , the judges have only their predecessors to blame for the prohibition or exclusionary rule : they made it up . |
7 | Mr Badran , a former intelligence chief , has bowed to public pressure to bring in democratic reforms and investigate people blamed for the country 's economic crisis . |
8 | It is the sweet street sound that heals the wounds of deprivation ; the dangerous music that Dorcas ' aunt blames for the 200 black dead in the 1917 St Louis riots ; a music of such unbearable sensual possibilities that parents vainly try to prevent their offspring from listening to it . |
9 | The truth is , if we were looking for people to blame for the fact that the once-great club are now Division Three favourites , referee Brian Coddington would come a long way down the list . |
10 | MERSEYSIDE MPs today came to the defence of Grand National flagman Kenneth Evans the man blamed for the big race fiasco . |
11 | It was this inability to up the run rate that coach Jim Love blamed for the defeat , though it has to be said that Storie had done well to repair a bad start when the Scots lost both openers , Bruce Patterson and Iain Philip , on 17 . |
12 | Who to blame for the explosion ? |
13 | HOSPITAL staff were not in any way to blame for the tragic death of a nine-day-old baby boy from west Belfast , an inquest has been told . |
14 | There is little doubt that his outspoken views had some effect on the students , and he was a convenient ‘ scapegoat ’ for the authorities to blame for the disturbances . |
15 | It , it 's also a chain , from what you 're going on about , people regarding the service , I mean everyone 's had a bit , not just the erm , it , it 's the purchase managers more than the er , people who pay our premiums , they are just in time and we stood up to be shot at if we do n't pay the service , or put a big ones maybe , they 'll have half a carton of raw material left for that machine , so they 'll order an item for tomorrow morning , well they 're not to blame for the service , T N T's to blame for the service if we do n't get it erm , |