Example sentences of "[adv] blame for the " in BNC.
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| 1 | They said the part was not on the Boeing checklist , even though it has been widely blamed for the crash , which killed at least 43 people . |
| 2 | The prospect of a radical overhaul of US banking legislation was confirmed on Feb. 5 when the US Treasury announced proposals including the abolition of two laws dating from the 1930s which were widely blamed for the fragmented character of US banking . |
| 3 | These features for many whites were primarily associated with the arrival of black settlers , who were thus blamed for the problems . |
| 4 | In Los Angeles , discussions centred not merely on drug usage as a topical exploitation subject for movies but also on the widespread and varied substances which were readily available , being increasingly used and largely blamed for the incredible recent upsurge in violence within the protest movement . |
| 5 | The ITN version suggests that the pickets are still largely to blame for the violence , but the police contribution to disorder is given more emphasis than in the BBC 's bulletin . |
| 6 | However , sections of the press saw this as an attempt to suppress the investigation 's key finding : that police insensitivity and mismanagement was largely to blame for the evening 's confrontation ( cf. |
| 7 | Critics argued that the government itself had been largely to blame for the country 's economic problems . |
| 8 | I always thought he was largely to blame for the relegation in 1982 . |
| 9 | Although Fletcher admitted that England have not come up to standard over the last three months , he also believes that a poor itinerary and a lack of turning pitches in English domestic cricket is largely to blame for the string of dismal performances . |
| 10 | The planning policies of the 1960s and 1970s are usually blamed for the faceless shopping centres and office blocks , the loss of historic buildings and long-established activities . |
| 11 | But various characteristics of population and lifestyle are usually blamed for the problem : |
| 12 | A FREAK gas accident was yesterday blamed for the death of brilliant young golfer Paul Hurring and his ‘ angelic ’ girlfriend . |
| 13 | A FREAK gas accident was yesterday blamed for the death of brilliant young golfer Paul Hurring and his girlfriend . |
| 14 | I do not think that the speakers are totally to blame for the lack of picked note definition either . |
| 15 | The victims , according to the SMG , were being partly blamed for the actions of their assailants . |
| 16 | Bush 's ingesting Halcyon has been partly blamed for the ‘ vomit thing ’ . |
| 17 | But it is the lenders ' generosity with their funds during that era that has been partly blamed for the continuing rise in the number of arrears and repossession cases . |
| 18 | Kim 's years as a dissident meant that he remained unpopular with many of those DLP members who were associated with the old ruling DJP.Moreover , as the DLP 's executive chairman and the chief architect of the its March 1992 general election campaign , Kim was also extensively blamed for the party 's poor showing . |
| 19 | Software pirates are also blamed for the low sales figures . |
| 20 | As leader of the election campaign for the party as a whole , Kim was also blamed for the losses suffered by the other factions . |
| 21 | Ironically , it was the Government which he partly blamed for the affair that gave him the chance to return to work after retirement . |
| 22 | Downing Street yesterday firmly rejected bitter criticism by President Clinton of ‘ unfair ’ subsidies towards the European Airbus which he partly blamed for the threatened loss of 28,000 Boeing jobs . |
| 23 | The minister said that employers were also to blame for the fall-off in recruits , describing them as ‘ much less supportive ’ of part-time soldiers than they were in the past . |
| 24 | Angered by suggestions that his conduct was inexplicable and that he had not offered any constructive criticism during a 3½ hour inquest into Yorkshire 's dismal summer , Boycott claimed that the cricket sub-committee would not accept any form of responsibility : ‘ They have been in charge for five of the last six years but will not agree that they are at least partly to blame for the fact that Yorkshire cricket is in a mess . ’ |
| 25 | The slump in household saving , from 14% of disposable income in 1980 to just 5% last year , was partly to blame for the rise in inflation that now plagues the government . |
| 26 | In common with many other Latin American countries , it was the weakness of technical and administrative institutions in charge of peasant agriculture that was partly to blame for the failure of a rural development policy . |
| 27 | The Plec is certainly partly to blame for the decline of your Amazon Sword plants . |
| 28 | American Airlines , which began the daily flights to Chicago less than a year ago , and an airport spokesman accused the Government of being partly to blame for the decision . |
| 29 | For example , Friedan ( 1983 ) believed that it was the ‘ feminine mystique ’ which prevented women from leading successful public lives ; the education system was partly to blame for the ideology of the feminine mystique , but equally the solution for women who were trapped in their roles as wives and mothers was to return to college to obtain an education . |
| 30 | While recognizing that poor local economic management was partly to blame for the region 's debt crisis , the report argued that what it described as the banks ' irresponsible lending practices meant they should also share responsibility and assume greater losses . |