Example sentences of "blame for a " 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 | Tension between Iraq and Kuwait came to the world 's attention in mid-July when Saddam Hussein launched a fierce attack on the policy of those Gulf states , principally Kuwait and the United Arab Emirates ( UAE ) , whose over-production of oil he blamed for a corresponding slump in world oil prices . |
| 22 | CIVIC Forum , the Czechoslovak opposition movement , reacted in fury last night to the resignation of the Prime Minister , Mr Ladislav Adamec , accusing him of being entirely to blame for a ‘ political crisis ’ , and of citing ‘ untrue facts ’ in earlier threatening to resign . |
| 23 | A company 's management policies might be just as much to blame for a particular ‘ accident ’ as the actions of the driver , pilot , or captain : Sheen J made this point in his report on the Zeebrugge ferry disaster , but English prosecution practice has tended not to invoke the criminal law against managers of transport systems . |
| 24 | The magic wears off , and Swift advises women that they have only themselves to blame for a husband 's loss of enthusiasm if they do not keep themselves clean : |
| 25 | This occurs where two motorists are held to be equally to blame for a collision and the plaintiff is injured . |
| 26 | 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 . |
| 27 | 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 . |