Example sentences of "which [verb] be blame [prep] " in BNC.
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1 | As far as total dust veil is concerned , it seems to be roughly the same size as the veil from the Agung eruption , which has been blamed for cooling the northern hemisphere by about 0.3 °C in the mid-1960s.There is one key difference , though : El Chichón 's eruption occurred in the northern hemisphere , Agung 's in the south . |
2 | The compounds are a major cause of low-level ozone pollution and photo-chemical smog , which has been blamed for damaging human health and contributing to " acid rain " attacks on plants , forests and crops . |
3 | The El Niño climate phenomenon , which has been blamed for widespread droughts in southern Africa , Australia and south-east Asia [ see EDs 57 , 55 ] appears to be over . |
4 | RTZ 's Tinto Holdings Canada Ltd subsidiary has a controlling interest in a company which mines uranium at Elliot Lake , Ontario , which has been blamed for destroying the fishing-based economy of the local Anishnabe Indians . |
5 | So some of the sulphur which has been blamed for causing environmental problems , may before long emerge in the form of ‘ Andricite , ’ plaster and wall-boards in our houses — courtesy of ICI . |
6 | It is in fact the Bank of Japan 's tight monetary policies which have been blamed for the downturn . |