Example sentences of "be blame [prep] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Some of us are puzzled by this phenomenon , because it seems incompatible with another idea we cherish , which is that people must not be blamed for acts over which they had no control , nor held responsible for unfair gains when they have gained nothing themselves . |
| 2 | She asserted that multinational companies should not be blamed for damage to the environment , and further stated that nuclear power was the most environmentally safe form of energy . |
| 3 | Externalisation or blaming — The stresses and strains of a particular job or having too much money , or alternatively too little , may be blamed for alcoholism or drug addiction or other form of addictive disease , despite the fact that these problems are widespread throughout the whole of society . |
| 4 | The dilemma which faced them with regard to Artai was complex — even given the clear direction of the Yasa — and no one who was in possession of all the facts could be blamed for unwillingness to condemn the course which had been decided upon . |
| 5 | Senior civil servants can scarcely be blamed for thinking of their political masters as relatively temporary and likely to move on before fully understanding departmental problems and the merit of traditional policies . |
| 6 | But while Mr Smith campaigned well , he may in hindsight come to be blamed for Labour 's catastrophic defeat . |
| 7 | One reason is that interest rates are affected by government policy , so the cost of capital can be blamed on government ( ours ) . |
| 8 | Mr Lamont said the problem could not simply be blamed on recession ‘ and it can not be reduced simply by stimulating demand ’ . |
| 9 | Like aggression , it may be blamed on attack by a predatory spirit . |
| 10 | She was aware that the colour that flooded her cheeks could n't be blamed on reflection from her sweater . |
| 11 | Similarly , interest rates appear open to manipulation and hard-to-prove subsidy , so differences across borders can also be blamed on governments ( theirs ) . |
| 12 | A lot can be blamed on years of dictatorship and rotten planning — but not all . |
| 13 | It was also estimated that 60 per cent of the fruit and vegetable crop had been lost , although this could be blamed in part on almost continuous rain between late August and October in the main vegetable-growing belt of central European Russia , Byelorussia and the north Ukraine , with the result that crops had rotted in waterlogged fields . |
| 14 | At parents ' meetings they must be prepared to be blamed by mothers and fathers with unrealistic expectations of their , the teachers ' , and the children 's abilities . |
| 15 | For similar reasons bad posture can be to blame for congestion and erratic circulation in the lower part of the body . |