Example sentences of "to be blame for " in BNC.
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| 1 | He believes that Augustinian thought is largely to be blamed for the split between Christian morality and nature . |
| 2 | But while Mr Smith campaigned well , he may in hindsight come to be blamed for Labour 's catastrophic defeat . |
| 3 | But as we talked the matter over , I thought I heard , in the background , a droning unbodied voice explain that the robbers were young , socially deprived victims of the Thatcherite era of greed and exploitation , not to be blamed for acquiring , by unorthodox means , some of the luxury goods they had heard of from capitalist advertisers who had wickedly aroused their consumerist aspirations . |
| 4 | Paul Murdin , who is in charge of the Isaac Newton telescope at its new site at La Palma , believes it is unfair for today 's operators of the telescope to be blamed for past errors . |
| 5 | There are only so many different varieties of coat colour for moggies , and if the family cat was a tabby , or a black cat with a white flash on its chest , then the owners are not to be blamed for thinking that their long-lost friend has finally found its way home . |
| 6 | Grades are more to be blamed for what they do not do than for what they do do . |
| 7 | Lear is to be blamed for believing Goneril and Regan , yet since they were merely flattering his debased scale of values , in a test which he had himself devised , it is not surprising that he did so . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | Again , I do not think that individuals are to be blamed for this : whole societies were caught up in this sexist interpretation of reality . |
| 10 | In this sense it is an addictive illness although , unlike other addictions such as drug taking , the sufferer is not to be blamed for having allowed herself to become addicted . |
| 11 | I do n't want to be blamed for making you miss your deadline , as well as for everything else . ’ |
| 12 | Neither side can afford to be blamed for the collapse of a dialogue which had raised Spanish hopes of an end to ETA violence . |
| 13 | OF COURSE someone had to be blamed for the Grand National that never was . |
| 14 | Where the plaintiff has been found to have been contributorily negligent , his damages will be reduced by the proportion that he is found to be to blame for his damage . |
| 15 | 9 Do you consider any person to be to blame for the accident ? |