Example sentences of "partly blame for the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The victims , according to the SMG , were being partly blamed for the actions of their assailants . |
| 2 | Bush 's ingesting Halcyon has been partly blamed for the ‘ vomit thing ’ . |
| 3 | But it is the lenders ' generosity with their funds during that era that has been partly blamed for the continuing rise in the number of arrears and repossession cases . |
| 4 | Ironically , it was the Government which he partly blamed for the affair that gave him the chance to return to work after retirement . |
| 5 | Downing Street yesterday firmly rejected bitter criticism by President Clinton of ‘ unfair ’ subsidies towards the European Airbus which he partly blamed for the threatened loss of 28,000 Boeing jobs . |
| 6 | Angered by suggestions that his conduct was inexplicable and that he had not offered any constructive criticism during a 3½ hour inquest into Yorkshire 's dismal summer , Boycott claimed that the cricket sub-committee would not accept any form of responsibility : ‘ They have been in charge for five of the last six years but will not agree that they are at least partly to blame for the fact that Yorkshire cricket is in a mess . ’ |
| 7 | The slump in household saving , from 14% of disposable income in 1980 to just 5% last year , was partly to blame for the rise in inflation that now plagues the government . |
| 8 | In common with many other Latin American countries , it was the weakness of technical and administrative institutions in charge of peasant agriculture that was partly to blame for the failure of a rural development policy . |
| 9 | The Plec is certainly partly to blame for the decline of your Amazon Sword plants . |
| 10 | American Airlines , which began the daily flights to Chicago less than a year ago , and an airport spokesman accused the Government of being partly to blame for the decision . |
| 11 | For example , Friedan ( 1983 ) believed that it was the ‘ feminine mystique ’ which prevented women from leading successful public lives ; the education system was partly to blame for the ideology of the feminine mystique , but equally the solution for women who were trapped in their roles as wives and mothers was to return to college to obtain an education . |
| 12 | While recognizing that poor local economic management was partly to blame for the region 's debt crisis , the report argued that what it described as the banks ' irresponsible lending practices meant they should also share responsibility and assume greater losses . |
| 13 | The court therefore has the power to apportion damages where the plaintiff has been partly to blame for the harm suffered . |
| 14 | There are still problems with central defence as Wetherall was partly to blame for the goals . |
| 15 | Recent studies by the authority have shown that partially treated sewage going into the River Severn from the plant uses up valuable oxygen and is partly to blame for the death of some fish . |
| 16 | Diego Maradona was partly to blame for the brawl between Sevilla and Cadiz players at the end of Sunday 's Spanish league match , according to police . |