Example sentences of "to blame for [art] [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Professor Stephen Holgate , chairman of the Department of Health 's Committee on the Medical Aspects of Air Pollution , cited recent research in Aberdeen which suggested that car fumes were to blame for a doubling in the numbers of children suffering from asthma and hayfever . |
| 2 | Pollution was directly to blame for a decline in life expectancy from 70.4 years in 1964 to 69.3 years in 1990 , Yablokov claimed , adding that in some particularly polluted areas it had fallen to as low as 44 years . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | So , if you believe the shop is to blame for the stain on your coat , you 're entitled to claim compensation for its value . |
| 5 | It implies that in some way Wainwright himself was to blame for the outdatedness of some of his copious details . |
| 6 | I do not think that the speakers are totally to blame for the lack of picked note definition either . |
| 7 | He believed she was to blame for the tide of scandal enveloping the Royal Family . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | Experts say the recession is to blame for the rise in office crime as workers try to top up their income . |
| 11 | Claudette , from Liverpool 15 , believes she was 75 per cent to blame for the breakdown of her marriage , but could n't forgive her husband of 21 years for his adultery . |
| 12 | The Plec is certainly partly to blame for the decline of your Amazon Sword plants . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | BLUNDERING birdwatchers may be to blame for the failure of England 's only breeding pair of Golden Eagles to produce chicks for the first time in four years . |
| 15 | The person most to blame for the appearance of shambles is the man who is supposed to be in charge |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | Who or what is to blame for the production of this sex monster who terrorised five counties for nearly six months ? |
| 18 | A coroner has called for road improvements after an inquest heard that flood water was to blame for the death of a motorist . |
| 19 | Recent studies by the authority have shown that partially treated sewage going into the River Severn from the plant uses up valuable oxygen and is partly to blame for the death of some fish . |
| 20 | I always thought he was largely to blame for the relegation in 1982 . |
| 21 | Diego Maradona was partly to blame for the brawl between Sevilla and Cadiz players at the end of Sunday 's Spanish league match , according to police . |
| 22 | Though his first political sympathies were with the Union and the right-wing of the Conservative party , William Joyce subsequently held English misgovernment to blame for the loss of Ireland . |
| 23 | But in a statement to an inquest in Bishop Auckland yesterday , Jacob Blenkinsop , of Northam Close , Stainton Park , Middlesbrough , said truck driver Ian Burrige was not to blame for the accident near Sedgefield on March 5 . |