Example sentences of "[adv] to blame for [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | CIVIC Forum , the Czechoslovak opposition movement , reacted in fury last night to the resignation of the Prime Minister , Mr Ladislav Adamec , accusing him of being entirely to blame for a ‘ political crisis ’ , and of citing ‘ untrue facts ’ in earlier threatening to resign . |
| 2 | Their father made it clear they were not to blame for the situation and today neither recalls feeling guilty . |
| 3 | IMF boss Michel Camdessus praised Germany 's tough policies and insisted that its interest rates were not to blame for the chaos . |
| 4 | To be sure , ‘ Wisden ’ is not to blame for the absurd quarrel over the number of centuries — 99 or 100 by the end of the England tour of India ? — scored by England 's present captain , Graham Gooch . |
| 5 | I am sure you are not to blame for the iniquitous nature of this wretched will . ’ |
| 6 | It must be made clear that the Labour party is not to blame for the poll tax which the Government introduced . |
| 7 | Those Conservative Members and the electorate know that we are not to blame for the mess that we are in . |
| 8 | It is a valid subject , and the hon. Gentleman is not to blame for the procedures that the House has foisted upon itself . |
| 9 | It , it 's also a chain , from what you 're going on about , people regarding the service , I mean everyone 's had a bit , not just the erm , it , it 's the purchase managers more than the er , people who pay our premiums , they are just in time and we stood up to be shot at if we do n't pay the service , or put a big ones maybe , they 'll have half a carton of raw material left for that machine , so they 'll order an item for tomorrow morning , well they 're not to blame for the service , T N T's to blame for the service if we do n't get it erm , |
| 10 | But in a statement to an inquest in Bishop Auckland yesterday , Jacob Blenkinsop , of Northam Close , Stainton Park , Middlesbrough , said truck driver Ian Burrige was not to blame for the accident near Sedgefield on March 5 . |
| 11 | The ITN version suggests that the pickets are still largely to blame for the violence , but the police contribution to disorder is given more emphasis than in the BBC 's bulletin . |
| 12 | However , sections of the press saw this as an attempt to suppress the investigation 's key finding : that police insensitivity and mismanagement was largely to blame for the evening 's confrontation ( cf. |
| 13 | Critics argued that the government itself had been largely to blame for the country 's economic problems . |
| 14 | I always thought he was largely to blame for the relegation in 1982 . |
| 15 | Although Fletcher admitted that England have not come up to standard over the last three months , he also believes that a poor itinerary and a lack of turning pitches in English domestic cricket is largely to blame for the string of dismal performances . |
| 16 | I do not think that the speakers are totally to blame for the lack of picked note definition either . |
| 17 | Pollution was directly to blame for a decline in life expectancy from 70.4 years in 1964 to 69.3 years in 1990 , Yablokov claimed , adding that in some particularly polluted areas it had fallen to as low as 44 years . |
| 18 | The minister said that employers were also to blame for the fall-off in recruits , describing them as ‘ much less supportive ’ of part-time soldiers than they were in the past . |
| 19 | 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 . ’ |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | The Plec is certainly partly to blame for the decline of your Amazon Sword plants . |
| 23 | 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 . |
| 24 | 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 . |
| 25 | 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 . |
| 26 | The court therefore has the power to apportion damages where the plaintiff has been partly to blame for the harm suffered . |
| 27 | There are still problems with central defence as Wetherall was partly to blame for the goals . |
| 28 | 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 . |
| 29 | 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 . |
| 30 | Mr Lawson is not solely to blame for the uncertainty and muddle . |