Example sentences of "[was/were] blame for the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They used fishing rods and hooks , those cunning , black , nocturnal anglers , and they were blamed for the disappearance of booze from liquor cabinets and sugar from pantries . |
| 2 | OMON personnel [ see below ] stationed in Latvia were blamed for the attacks , in which the posts were burned down and several customs officials were beaten up . |
| 3 | On Feb. 26 , 1990 , Silvia Dussan , a journalist working for the British Broadcasting Corporation ( BBC ) , became the fourth journalist to be murdered by suspected right-wing paramilitaries in 1990 ( 12 were murdered in 1989 ) , who the same day were blamed for the murder of Diana Cardona Saldarriaga , the left-wing Patriotic Union ( Unión Patriótica — UP ) mayor of Apartado . |
| 4 | Deterioration of market conditions and higher fixed costs were blamed for the decline . |
| 5 | However , on Jan. 13 re-contras were blamed for the kidnapping of four policemen from the Rio Blanco police station . |
| 6 | It was not poor people who were to blame for the dampness but poor housing that was making the people poor . |
| 7 | She said high unemployment and low benefits were to blame for the problem . |
| 8 | In a pre-scheduled address to an international banking conference attended by the Czech and Slovak finance ministers where he was to have delivered a lecture on setting up direct sales operations in Eastern Europe , Kontrax president Gabor Dixco told an embarrassed audience that the global recession , poor financial management and lack of support from the banks were to blame for the company 's collapse . |
| 9 | And this blew away Mr Lamont 's excuse that the Germans were to blame for the pound crashing . |
| 10 | Roy Hattersley , deputy party leader , was blamed for the change in policy which has been approved at three previous conferences . |
| 11 | ( Postwar austerity was blamed for the delay and the same reason caused the projected 1953 ‘ coronation pie ’ to be abandoned . ) |
| 12 | Authority , any authority , was blamed for the tragedy . |
| 13 | In May , 1991 , recession was blamed for the loss of another 12 jobs . |
| 14 | Many appear to be infected by the phocine distemper virus , which was blamed for the epidemic which afflicted dolphins in the North Sea in 1988 . |
| 15 | The withdrawal of tax incentives in 1988 , following widespread and inappropriate conifer afforestation of upland areas , was blamed for the decline . |
| 16 | The reference to excuses for crime is likely to be interpreted in some circles as a challenge to the Archbishop of Canterbury , Dr George Carey , who was heavily criticised by Conservatives last year when he implied that urban deprivation was to blame for the Tyneside riots . |
| 17 | It implies that in some way Wainwright himself was to blame for the outdatedness of some of his copious details . |
| 18 | Denying claims that Diana : Her True Story was to blame for the separation , he said : ‘ While researching the book the volatility and turbulence in the marriage was very apparent to me . |
| 19 | He believed she was to blame for the tide of scandal enveloping the Royal Family . |
| 20 | Investigators concluded that no one was to blame for the blaze started by a spotlight overheating a curtain . |
| 21 | It was unclear last night who was to blame for the deluge — the 28-year-old prince himself or a forgetful aide . |
| 22 | Time and again one gets the impression that the lawyer is trying to persuade the court that anyone other than his client was to blame for the accident . |
| 23 | The leader of the council , Robert Gould , said later he accepted that the 1.5 per cent pay increase was totally unrealistic , but said the unions should be directing their anger at the Conservative Government , which was to blame for the situation . |
| 24 | A fire in the roof space above the directors ' boardroom was to blame for the match being delayed 40 minutes , but the fans did not panic as police and fire service personnel ensured there was no danger . |
| 25 | In the end it was accepted that this happened , but the only explanation offered was that the blasting in the nearby quarry for lime was to blame for the movement which suggested settlement . |
| 26 | The official report says no one was to blame for the fire , which started after a halogen lamp overheated near a curtain . |
| 27 | Moreover , the child may feel unreasonable guilt that , somehow , it was to blame for the death . |
| 28 | A coroner has called for road improvements after an inquest heard that flood water was to blame for the death of a motorist . |
| 29 | Anti-fascists argued that whoever was to blame for the violence , the police and courts treated them more harshly , and the National Council for Civil Liberties certainly produced reliable testimony to back up those claims . |