Example sentences of "[noun] were [adv] [to-vb] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | The magazine Der Spiegel recently published the results of an opinion poll revealing that 14 per cent of Germans still think Jews were partly to blame for what happened to them in the second world war , 36 per cent believe Jews ‘ have too much influence ’ , and more than 50 per cent believe it is time for Germany to forget the past and move on . |
| 2 | NEARLY one German in three believes the Nazi era had its good points and that Jews were partly to blame for their own persecution , according to a new poll . |
| 3 | All the slight injuries happened at roundabouts on Northgate , Bondgate , Parkgate and North Road Mr Graham Hamilton , of Darlington Freewheelers , said car drivers were often to blame for bike accidents and called for new measures to raise awareness . |
| 4 | Graham Hamilton , of Darlington Freewheelers , said car drivers were often to blame for accidents and called for new measures to raise awareness . |
| 5 | Legislators and enforcers were largely to blame for not providing a proper frame-work of controls . ’ |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | If Washington was determined to show that Pan Am 's deficiencies were solely to blame for the bombing , Pan Am 's only defence was to show that Washington was at least equally at fault . |
| 8 | People in West Belfast can easily train for jobs if the jobs were there to train for . |