Example sentences of "[be] blame for [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Specialised materials , which Tootal promised would be an engine of growth , has yet to prove its worth , though continued heavy investment could be blamed for a 40 per cent fall in profits . |
| 2 | He believed that so long as he remained in the Government the Press attacks would continue and that his supposedly malevolent influence would be blamed for every failure . |
| 3 | Sir Derek , however , sat tight , believing that he should not be blamed for the £215m fraud perpetrated against the company . |
| 4 | If a single economic statistic can be blamed for the recent slide towards panic it is the balance of payments figures . |
| 5 | He believes that Augustinian thought is largely to be blamed for the split between Christian morality and nature . |
| 6 | Namely , whatever action the company took , it would be blamed for the ensuing conflict . |
| 7 | Furthermore , while ‘ logically ’ it might appear that at least from summer 1941 only Hitler could be blamed for the extension and prolongation of the war , a sufficient platform had been constructed by years of propaganda and ideological indoctrination to buttress the transfer of the blame to Germany 's external enemies — the Bolsheviks , the Jews , the British , the Americans — or to internal incompetence , naturally stopping short of the Führer , as when Field Marshal von Brauchitsch was made the scapegoat for mistakes in strategy and provisioning on the eastern Front in the winter of 1941–2 . |
| 8 | Shilton could not be blamed for the 2–0 defeat and made one superb tackle , denying Angell 15 yards outside his box . |
| 9 | If this does occur there is a danger that womens ' movements will be blamed for the rise in the female crime rate , and that this may be used to argue against further female emancipation . |
| 10 | I doubt whether the introduction of Water Lilies can be blamed for the problem either . |
| 11 | His unspoken message was : ‘ If you do n't do a deal with me , you will be blamed for the economic chaos that will result . ’ |
| 12 | Waugh himself ca n't be blamed for the wrenching out of a context that might have helped us to understand whether he is referring to unhappy women , rendered so by not being content with their lot , or men , who are now being forced to lend a hand with the Hoover . |
| 13 | Whether Arnold could be blamed for the fire , Mr Reynolds could not be sure , but his comings and goings certainly seemed to leave a trail of mystery and unease . |
| 14 | but on the occasions that we are concerned with none of The Society 's locos had been in steam so therefore can not be blamed for the incident . |
| 15 | The phase of shock and somatic distress is normally followed by a restless searching , mixed with anger and irritability towards the deceased , and any one else who might be blamed for the present distress . |
| 16 | The conscript troops of the MVD could not entirely be blamed for the ill fit of their uniforms , for their slouched shoulders , for their callow and chilled faces . |
| 17 | As children they were spoiled — how can a five , seven , eleven year old be blamed for the lifelong influence of having his shoes cleaned , his tea-cup passed across a table , his hair combed , his every want anticipated by the mother he ached for because she was already so worn out and was not , in the end , his mother ? |
| 18 | They also came to be blamed for the ills of the locality , including the use of sweated labour by unscrupulous employers , rack-renting by slum land-lords , and the increased crime rate . |
| 19 | Slowish tempos are to some degree unavoidable , because of the textural detail in Mozart 's score ; and the conductor can not altogether be blamed for the ways in which the music is softened . |
| 20 | However Constantine Giannaris is quick to point out that lack of funding alone can not be blamed for the paucity of cinematic output . |
| 21 | All right , so I took full responsibility for the organisation of the sale , but there is no way I can be blamed for the outcome . |
| 22 | External factors may be blamed for the general depression of mood and blamed for various damaging consequences but no connection may be made between the depressed mood and damaging consequences and the continuing use of the substance or behaviour of addiction . |
| 23 | Economic reasons , however , must be blamed for the prevalence of the former practice . |
| 24 | No one person can be blamed for the tragedy just as Lear can not be all the victim nor all the instigator . |
| 25 | More immediately , there was a fear that the business community would be blamed for the inevitable social side-effects of economic liberalization by a government concerned about its electoral prospects . |
| 26 | Neither side can afford to be blamed for the collapse of a dialogue which had raised Spanish hopes of an end to ETA violence . |
| 27 | We ask of each person whether he did anything he should not have done such that he should be blamed for the deaths that followed , or whether he contributed to the accidents in such a way that , blameworthy or not , he should bear some portion of the damage or loss . |
| 28 | OF COURSE someone had to be blamed for the Grand National that never was . |
| 29 | It is symptomatic of the band-wagon style of politics rumbling through many western nations that the private sector should be blamed for the short-comings of the public . |
| 30 | 9 Do you consider any person to be to blame for the accident ? |