Example sentences of "blame for [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Specialised materials , which Tootal promised would be an engine of growth , has yet to prove its worth , though continued heavy investment could be blamed for a 40 per cent fall in profits . |
| 2 | Corporate finance is being blamed for a mass of political , social and economic ills . |
| 3 | The regime is blamed for a rise in corruption , Mafia crime , public debt and a lack of public responsibility . |
| 4 | ‘ I ca n't believe I am being blamed for a fight that went on in the stand behind us , and I hope video evidence will clearly back me up . ’ |
| 5 | She was blamed for a crash which killed bride-to-be Teresa Power , 26 . |
| 6 | Probably the first time that tsunami were blamed for a particular deposit was in Sir Edward Bailey 's brilliant exposition of the origin of the Upper Jurassic boulder beds in eastern Scotland , discussed in the last chapter . |
| 7 | Growing unemployment was blamed for a campaign of violence by Tuvan militants intended to drive out the Russian population , which had arrived mostly in recent decades to exploit Tuva 's mineral wealth and virgin farmland ( Tuva joined the Soviet Union only in 1944 , having been previously the nominally independent state of Tannu-Tuva ) . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | OMON troops had been blamed for a series of attacks on over 20 Baltic border posts over the previous few months . |
| 10 | The severe drought of the past three years is being blamed for a big increase in the number of houses suffering from subsidence . |
| 11 | The recession … and no Desert Orchid … have been blamed for a drop in attendances at this year 's Cheltenham 's racing festival . |
| 12 | The emergency services are investigating why firefighters turned up late to a mock nuclear accident.Confusion over phone lines is being blamed for a ten minute delay before the fire brigade responded . |
| 13 | Doctor jailed : A doctor blamed for a botched abortion that resulted in a baby being born with a severed arm was jailed in New York . |
| 14 | Loyalist terrorists were last night blamed for a parcel bomb which exploded at Post Office headquarters in Belfast . |
| 15 | Children are being blamed for a fire in a derelict house in Murrayfield Road , Cowgate , Newcastle . |
| 16 | A dropped light is being blamed for a moorland blaze that broke out on the Catterick Training Area , near Richmond , early yesterday . |
| 17 | London Ambulance Service workers claimed the system crash last October led to people 's deaths , but yesterday 's document said an examination of 26 cases considered by coroners ' courts showed the LAS had not been blamed for a single death . |
| 18 | In spite of that , there is still a feeling in legal circles that an innocent party is being blamed for a problem others have created . |
| 19 | It was withdrawn in Britain in 1973 by its director , Stanley Kubrick , after it was blamed for a string of violent crimes . |
| 20 | Corrosion in pipework has been blamed for a gas escape which triggered the operation cloudburst emergency plan in February . |
| 21 | He believed that so long as he remained in the Government the Press attacks would continue and that his supposedly malevolent influence would be blamed for every failure . |
| 22 | Since 1965 , when the Communist party of Indonesia was blamed for an attempted coup and banned , and hundreds of thousands of communists were killed or sent to prison , the legal instrument most often used to curb political offences has been the Anti-Subversion Law . |
| 23 | Chickens are being blamed for an estimated 6m cases of salmonella poisoning a year in Germany . |
| 24 | Madougou had been blamed for an incident three weeks earlier , on Feb. 9 , when police opened fire on a demonstration in Niamey , the capital , by students protesting about the implementation of a government austerity plan for the education system , which envisaged cuts in scholarships and employment opportunities for graduates . |
| 25 | Meanwhile in Mali Tuaregs had been blamed for an attack on June 28-29 at Ménaka , in which some 20 people died . |
| 26 | Low-level ozone , produced by the reaction of sunlight on nitrogen oxide ( Nox ) emissions from vehicle exhausts , was blamed for an increase in breathing problems and allergic , hayfever-type reactions . |
| 27 | Southern England , the Netherlands and the northern coasts of Germany and France are all now rated as high-risk areas by insurance companies , with global warming blamed for an increase in the frequency and severity of storms . |
| 28 | Welcome back : The drought is being blamed for an unusually high number of injuries at a traditional cheese rolling competition . |
| 29 | Problems in Japan are blamed for the setback . |
| 30 | Appointed to the politburo and then made founding editor of the theoretical journal Hong Qi ( 'Red Flag' ) in 1958 , Chen wrote numerous articles attacking ‘ revisionism ’ and supporting Mao 's disastrous ‘ Great Leap Forward ’ , an ill-conceived and brutally executed drive for rapid industrialisation and rural collectivisation now blamed for the deaths of more than 15 million people . |