Example sentences of "[am/are] blame [prep] the " in BNC.

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1 The government is concerned that most of the disappearances are blamed on the security forces .
2 Italy 's ills of corruption , maladministration and government irresponsibility are blamed on the extreme form of proportional representation brought in as antidote to Mussolini 's dictatorship .
3 In the wildernesses all across Canada and the USA an average of 13 human deaths a year are blamed on the bears .
4 The job losses are blamed on the recession .
5 The losses are blamed on the lack of research cash and the need to reorganise , but union leaders says the cuts are cosmetic and unnecessary and they may consider industrial action .
6 Problems in Japan are blamed for the setback .
7 Galway which yielded silver until their closure in 1980 , are blamed for the death of livestock .
8 It is , therefore , not surprising to find in Luke that it is the Jews who are blamed for the death of Jesus .
9 Local unions said overwork , fears about job security and poor management support are blamed for the staff crisis .
10 Sewage works , farming , industry in general and drought are blamed for the declining quality of our rivers , canals and estuaries .
11 We 're to blame for the way we allow ourselves to be treated , but curiously the solution does not lie in our hands .
12 Individual chemicals can then be tested to discover which ones are to blame for the symptoms .
13 In Hungary , for example , the Germans are to blame for the Hungarian Holocaust , the ‘ Russians ’ for Soviet communism and now , in some circles , the Jews for the failures of capitalism .
14 He said : ‘ I take the strongest objection to the suggestion that anyone other than the Daily Mirror themselves are to blame for the Crown Prosecution decision that there is insufficient evidence to prosecute Lucy Marshall for drugs offences . ’
15 They are to blame for the misery and squalor .
16 Scientists say high levels of air pollution are to blame for the severe symptoms affecting people with asthma and hay fever .
17 Vandalism and theft are to blame for the 23pc rise .
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