Example sentences of "[be] blame for [verb] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Frosts and flooding are blamed for causing the damage on more than three thousand miles of the county 's roads . |
| 2 | In addition , its oil exploration activities in the Ecuadorian Amazon has been blamed for damaging the hunting economy of the Waorani , Quichua , Siona , Secoya and Cofan Indians , by driving away wildlife and polluting soil and water . |
| 3 | A flying instructor has been blamed for causing a helicopter crash . |
| 4 | Tight German recycling laws had been blamed for encouraging the illegal disposal of waste in neighbouring countries . |
| 5 | RTZ 's Tinto Holdings Canada Ltd subsidiary has a controlling interest in a company which mines uranium at Elliot Lake , Ontario , which has been blamed for destroying the fishing-based economy of the local Anishnabe Indians . |
| 6 | As far as total dust veil is concerned , it seems to be roughly the same size as the veil from the Agung eruption , which has been blamed for cooling the northern hemisphere by about 0.3 °C in the mid-1960s.There is one key difference , though : El Chichón 's eruption occurred in the northern hemisphere , Agung 's in the south . |
| 7 | The flights have been blamed for disturbing the game on which the Innu depend , and there are reports that pregnant women have miscarried as a result of the noise . |
| 8 | Coffee has been blamed for increasing the pulse rate and for interfering with the efficiency of the digestive process . |
| 9 | There was no doubt that a custodial penalty was needed , and the sentencer could not be blamed for taking the view that he had to impose a sentence of immediate custody . |
| 10 | Nobody could be blamed for thinking the worst . |
| 11 | Thus , while Sharpe , White , and Bernard do not believe that the Arminians should be blamed for causing the civil war of the 1640s , Tyacke , John Morrill , and other historians have conversely argued that Laud and his fellow prelates should bear a major part of the responsibility for provoking what they regard as ‘ England 's wars of religion ’ . |
| 12 | Children who were required to go out to work at fourteen , that is , the great majority of British teenagers , could hardly be blamed for assuming the right to lead their lives as they saw fit . |
| 13 | Mr Ashdown said he could be blamed for forcing a second election , but he was seeking PR because it was central to a coalition that would ensure a stable government . |
| 14 | John Major and Chris Patten know that , if the Tories lose office , they will be blamed for fighting a negative campaign , for failing to create a Conservative vision for the nineties . |
| 15 | National Heritage secretary Peter is being blamed for dropping a bye election clanger after suggesting the Tories are resigning to losing Christchurch . |
| 16 | Ducks from Britain are being blamed for driving a species in Europe to the verge of extinction . |
| 17 | A faulty electricity meter is being blamed for starting a house fire which left six people in hospital . |
| 18 | At the same time he is blamed for allowing the incident to arise when it is usually inconceivable that he could have prevented it . |
| 19 | He is blamed for ordering the army crackdown on pro-democracy students in Tiananmen Square in June 1989 . |
| 20 | If the player tampers with those , he is blamed for hitting a sour note , not praised for a daring interpretation . |
| 21 | It is no greater help , on the other hand , to suggest , like the Archbishop of York , that the Government is to blame for feeding the competitive streak in British society . |
| 22 | It failed to convince the nation that authoritarian methods were necessary to solve Britain 's economic crisis and prevent further political decline , and it was blamed for fomenting the violence and public disorder which became associated with its activities in the 1930s . |
| 23 | He was blamed for causing the death of his friend Gian-Carlo , son of director Francis Ford Coppola , in a boating accident in 1986 , and ordered to do 400 hours ' community service . |
| 24 | BAA , the owner of eight airports including Heathrow , was blamed for neglecting the interests of passengers and allowing overpricing in airport shops . |
| 25 | Coleman was blamed for reducing the period of three years as originally fixed for the course of instruction in Vial 's time , to as little as three or four months , so that some men were sent out into practice at 19 , 18 , or even 17 years of age ( as a contrary example , Coleman 's nephew , E.C . |
| 26 | It was never clear who was to blame for starting the niggles , but there could be no argument that , on the day , the Taiwanese were the better team . |
| 27 | From day one , at a political level , the purpose of the investigation was , not to uncover the facts , but to ‘ prove ’ that Pan Am was to blame for letting the terrorists through . |