Example sentences of "be blame for [art] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 He believed that so long as he remained in the Government the Press attacks would continue and that his supposedly malevolent influence would be blamed for every failure .
2 I doubt whether the introduction of Water Lilies can be blamed for the problem either .
3 It is symptomatic of the band-wagon style of politics rumbling through many western nations that the private sector should be blamed for the short-comings of the public .
4 He believes that Augustinian thought is largely to be blamed for the split between Christian morality and nature .
5 If this does occur there is a danger that womens ' movements will be blamed for the rise in the female crime rate , and that this may be used to argue against further female emancipation .
6 They also came to be blamed for the ills of the locality , including the use of sweated labour by unscrupulous employers , rack-renting by slum land-lords , and the increased crime rate .
7 but on the occasions that we are concerned with none of The Society 's locos had been in steam so therefore can not be blamed for the incident .
8 Waugh himself ca n't be blamed for the wrenching out of a context that might have helped us to understand whether he is referring to unhappy women , rendered so by not being content with their lot , or men , who are now being forced to lend a hand with the Hoover .
9 No one person can be blamed for the tragedy just as Lear can not be all the victim nor all the instigator .
10 Economic reasons , however , must be blamed for the prevalence of the former practice .
11 Whether Arnold could be blamed for the fire , Mr Reynolds could not be sure , but his comings and goings certainly seemed to leave a trail of mystery and unease .
12 Sir Derek , however , sat tight , believing that he should not be blamed for the £215m fraud perpetrated against the company .
13 However Constantine Giannaris is quick to point out that lack of funding alone can not be blamed for the paucity of cinematic output .
14 Slowish tempos are to some degree unavoidable , because of the textural detail in Mozart 's score ; and the conductor can not altogether be blamed for the ways in which the music is softened .
15 Furthermore , while ‘ logically ’ it might appear that at least from summer 1941 only Hitler could be blamed for the extension and prolongation of the war , a sufficient platform had been constructed by years of propaganda and ideological indoctrination to buttress the transfer of the blame to Germany 's external enemies — the Bolsheviks , the Jews , the British , the Americans — or to internal incompetence , naturally stopping short of the Führer , as when Field Marshal von Brauchitsch was made the scapegoat for mistakes in strategy and provisioning on the eastern Front in the winter of 1941–2 .
16 Neither side can afford to be blamed for the collapse of a dialogue which had raised Spanish hopes of an end to ETA violence .
17 We ask of each person whether he did anything he should not have done such that he should be blamed for the deaths that followed , or whether he contributed to the accidents in such a way that , blameworthy or not , he should bear some portion of the damage or loss .
18 All right , so I took full responsibility for the organisation of the sale , but there is no way I can be blamed for the outcome .
19 After all , man may well be to blame for the barking .
20 9 Do you consider any person to be to blame for the accident ?
21 BLUNDERING birdwatchers may be to blame for the failure of England 's only breeding pair of Golden Eagles to produce chicks for the first time in four years .
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