Example sentences of "be at fault " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 'm sorry I 'm not , and I know I 'm at fault . |
| 2 | ‘ I make men out of them and for that I 'm at fault . |
| 3 | Authority must be at fault . |
| 4 | Hall , annoyed at being seeded No.2 to Baddeley even though he is the present No.1 , refused to labour the point : ‘ I wanted to prove to everyone that I could play good badminton , not to show the seeding committee to be at fault , ’ he said . |
| 5 | I would have the gearbox checked out as it seems to be at fault . |
| 6 | The agent might , for example , be at fault if in the circumstances the consent could be taken as sufficient evidence that the agent has power to consent ( i.e. , that there were reasons for holding the consent valid ) and the agent should have realized this . |
| 7 | Despite the fact that a worker may appear to be at fault examination should begin with the supervisor immediately responsible for the area concerned . |
| 8 | For example , the chief executive or clerk would be at fault in allowing a committee to do something which is not authorised by law or which he knows to be illegal . |
| 9 | It might be argued that in such situations it is the only course of action open to a man and that he would be at fault if he acted differently . |
| 10 | Even the great binders can occasionally be at fault . |
| 11 | I would tell him he had to be at fault somewhere along the line . ’ |
| 12 | If the aeroplane broke up in the air or the engine fell apart then the designers could be at fault ; if navigation aids were not working properly a radio engineer could be responsible , or even the Director of Civil Aviation who failed to provide enough money for the maintenance of the aids . |
| 13 | It might be argued that the test procedure is thus shown to be at fault , since in all the above cases the first element can be shown to have a clear semantic function relative to the second element : in fact , it signals a sub-variety of the general category denoted by the second element . |
| 14 | Poor typing skills might account for the jumping capitals but the shift of the machine could be at fault . |
| 15 | And this was not the moment to suggest that Emilia , with her refusal to let go of Cambridge , to be truly present in the parish , might herself be at fault . |
| 16 | Okay , the Irish selectors may be at fault for not ‘ finding ’ him earlier . |
| 17 | Furthermore , the auditors can only report on the information which they have been given by the Vendor and if that information is inaccurate ( causing the Accounts to be wrong ) the auditors will not be at fault . |
| 18 | This causes no problem , as the defendant can be said to be at fault whenever he commits a tort . |
| 19 | If there is a specific obligation to carry out independent investigations , the expert would be at fault in not doing so . |
| 20 | I suspect internal publicity may be at fault again or , perhaps , commercial sensitivity . |
| 21 | Having changed the overdrive three times , and as this is not a common problem , we can dismiss this as being at fault . |
| 22 | Even if you admit to being at fault , you may wish management to take fuller account of mitigating factors or to impose a lesser punishment . |
| 23 | Anyway , a couple of plus points , Strachan was outstanding ( superb goal ) , Batty was as good as ever , & Kelly played quite well , ( apart from being at fault for their second goal ) . |
| 24 | Sir Anthony says : ‘ The Department were at fault in failing to appreciate that the instructions given to Spicers to carry out an audit of the partnership 's client accounts would not , at least as regards some important Barlow Clowes portfolios , have enabled any reassurance to be gained on the score of the concern that the partnership could not make the payments of income they had guaranteed without eroding clients ’ capital . |
| 25 | The general consensus was that the Scottish Selectors were at fault in putting up a team that could n't beat half-decent third-raters . |
| 26 | My problem , therefore , would perhaps appear to lie with my speakers , but the G-K cost a fortune so I would be surprised if it were at fault . |
| 27 | According to Mr Justice Rogers , however , both parties were at fault . |
| 28 | A recent High Court decision has considered the liability of auditors who were at fault in failing to qualify their report on a company 's accounts . |
| 29 | But at Mrs Bellamy 's inquest in Rotherham the coroner accepted that the machines were at fault . |
| 30 | Although , as Marc Raeff has pointed out , it was their methods rather than their aims which were at fault , it was nevertheless the inefficient , inhumane and corrupt administration of Siberia under Pestel and Treskin , last of a long line of government-appointed regional tyrants , that was to be tackled with such determination by Alexander 's brilliant bureaucrat and disgraced official , Mikhail Speranskii ( 1722–1839 ) . |