Example sentences of "[adv] blame [prep] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Hallstein 's Commission was widely blamed for provoking the 1965 crisis by pushing too hard for more powers for itself and the Parliament . |
| 2 | Mr Delors has been widely blamed for causing the latest crisis . |
| 3 | The Bush Administration has declared a ban on the import of fish caught with drift-nets , which have been widely blamed for killing dolphins , whales and seabirds . |
| 4 | In his letter McGlinchey claimed he was wrongly blamed for removing files on members of the security forces from the company 's Ballymena branch . |
| 5 | Another girl , Rita , suffering from bulimia , says that ‘ advertising is not to blame for eating disorders , but can certainly contribute if you have a poor self-image already ’ . |
| 6 | He was also blamed for breaking co-star Paul Land 's ribs when , it was claimed , Rourke insisted on realism in a fight scene he had with Land . |
| 7 | Delinquent White youths were described as ‘ uncivilised ’ ; ‘ barbarians ’ who adopted unattractive clothing , listened to American-influenced music and ‘ savagely ’ attacked innocent victims ; they were also blamed for initiating a steady decline in sexual mores . |
| 8 | THE Investment Management Regulatory Organisation ( Imro ) has admitted it was partly to blame for allowing the Maxwell pension fraud to happen and that it was ‘ thumped ’ for its supervision of the Maxwell fund managers by the parliamentary select committee on social security . |
| 9 | When they were plentiful in the St Lawrence , the belugas were often blamed for depleting fish stocks , and the Canadian government for many years paid a bounty for each whale killed . |
| 10 | Hearts were fluttering when Mark Glendinning put Bangor ahead early in the game , but Apoel Nicosia hit back and Eachus again was partially blamed for letting in the Cypriot team 's winner . |
| 11 | They were then blamed for allowing a Thatcher victory , when Labour 's downfall hinged on a refusal to implement its own policies . |
| 12 | UVB is also chiefly to blame for burning and blistering . |
| 13 | Girls with anorexia or bulimia often feel to blame for their original ‘ weight problem ’ , then to blame for becoming too obsessed with it , and then further to blame for being unable to ‘ pull themselves together ’ . |
| 14 | Belgrade , previously blamed for fuelling the war , threw its weight behind the Vance-Owen peace plan earlier this month hoping the world would respond by lifting crippling economic sanctions against Serbia-dominated Yugoslavia . |
| 15 | Politicians are not wholly to blame for failing to know the British . |
| 16 | I 've been publicly blamed for letting the team down — vilified by the Press ! |