Example sentences of "[adj] [noun] were blame for " in BNC.
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| 1 | In Florence , where black itinerant traders were blamed for increased petty crime and were viewed by local traders as a source of unfair competition , a number of violent incidents took place . |
| 2 | Deterioration of market conditions and higher fixed costs were blamed for the decline . |
| 3 | Casmance separatists fighting for the independence of the southern province were blamed for a series of attacks in mid-1990 in which civilians as well as armed forces personnel appeared to be the targets , with 13 deaths reported by the end of July . |
| 4 | However , on Jan. 13 re-contras were blamed for the kidnapping of four policemen from the Rio Blanco police station . |
| 5 | On Feb. 26 , 1990 , Silvia Dussan , a journalist working for the British Broadcasting Corporation ( BBC ) , became the fourth journalist to be murdered by suspected right-wing paramilitaries in 1990 ( 12 were murdered in 1989 ) , who the same day were blamed for the murder of Diana Cardona Saldarriaga , the left-wing Patriotic Union ( Unión Patriótica — UP ) mayor of Apartado . |
| 6 | Also in June , right-wing extremists were blamed for bomb attacks on ( i ) a war museum in Pretoria ; ( ii ) the National Union of Mineworkers offices in Welkom [ see also pp. 37440-41 ] ; and ( iii ) two offices used by government ministers in the Transvaal . |
| 7 | She said high unemployment and low benefits were to blame for the problem . |
| 8 | Civilian ministries were blamed for failing to ensure adequate supplies of food , for chronic shortages of every kind , for the endless queues . |
| 9 | Mr Allan admitted keeping houses secure was a problem and said it seemed that young children were to blame for most of the damage and fires in the street . |