Example sentences of "to blame the [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is understandable that the public , disillusioned by what the system produces , find it easy to blame the producers . |
| 2 | But I think it 's a little bit rich if I may say so Joe to blame the women for this because the parliamentary Labour party did vote for this new rule and the fact that a number of women very able women put themselves forward , I do n't think it 's right to say it is the women 's fault . |
| 3 | HOW arrogant of David Mellor to blame the tabloids for bringing him down when it was his own folly . |
| 4 | Surely it is treacherous to blame the palaces of the rich for all the blood spilt on battlefields ? |
| 5 | Even the Guardian 's own headline seemed reluctant to blame the soldiers : ‘ 13 killed as paratroops break riot : ‘ Soldiers were returning Derry sniper fire , ’ says Army' ( ibid.:43 ) , and the paper 's editorial distanced itself from Winchester 's account : |
| 6 | David Jenkins , spokesman for RoSPA , said : ‘ It 's unfair for stores to blame the users for accidents . |
| 7 | Subsequently , especially during the late 1960s after the mounting evidence of shortcomings in the basic provision , there was a contrasting tendency to blame the services and society for forcing people into intolerable situations . |
| 8 | Insp Barry said : ‘ It would be easy to blame the parents , but they seem to have made reasonable efforts to bring him up properly . |
| 9 | Was n't it just as neat and unlikely to blame the parents as it was to talk about possession by devils ? |
| 10 | And central government trying to blame the Europeans . |
| 11 | It is all too easy to blame the unions , to argue that they must know perfectly well that the effect of excessive wage settlements is inflationary but that they nevertheless still seek and get them . |
| 12 | I think there is a general acceptance even amongst those who are not helpful that there is a major problem here that they can not ignore or can not deny and they have even got beyond the stage of trying to blame the victims . |
| 13 | An explanation which makes eminent sense to everyone is to blame the victims of the crisis for the crisis . |
| 14 | British owners used to blame the princes for making racing prohibitively expensive ; now they blame them for making it prohibitively cheap . |
| 15 | You can blame the media , but really you ought to blame the readers . |
| 16 | ( Luke : Of the three Gospels , Luke 's is the most dedicated in its wish to blame the Jews for the death of Jesus . |
| 17 | However , nobody seems to blame the clients for falling prey to their own greed and stupidity . |