Example sentences of "be blamed for the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Problems in Japan are blamed for the setback . |
| 2 | Galway which yielded silver until their closure in 1980 , are blamed for the death of livestock . |
| 3 | It is , therefore , not surprising to find in Luke that it is the Jews who are blamed for the death of Jesus . |
| 4 | Local unions said overwork , fears about job security and poor management support are blamed for the staff crisis . |
| 5 | Sewage works , farming , industry in general and drought are blamed for the declining quality of our rivers , canals and estuaries . |
| 6 | He can count himself lucky not to have been blamed for the bounce by his political masters . |
| 7 | Tree trunks , too , have been blamed for the monster legends ( see New Scientist , vol 95 , p 354 ) . |
| 8 | Unemployment mixed with the political and racial problems have been blamed for the soaring crime rate . |
| 9 | Recession-hit businesses have been blamed for the slump . |
| 10 | The clear-cut hillsides have been blamed for the mud avalanches that caused almost all of the deaths . |
| 11 | Three factors , which acted in regions of dry cereal farming with particular intensity , have been blamed for the low levels of productivity ; first extensive common lands ; secondly , a maldistribution of landed property — the twin problem of the latifundia and the minifundia — combined with insecure tenures and high rents ; thirdly , a type of settlement where the majority of the agricultural population lived in large villages and towns . |
| 12 | The popularity of these films has been blamed for the emergence of Ninja gangs in Lusaka suburbs who wear black masks , carry home-made swords , iron bars , clubs and sticks which they use during burglaries and muggings . |
| 13 | Maiga , generally considered to be Saibou 's deputy , had also been blamed for the Feb. 9 killings , and his departure was described as " in the interest of the nation and in order to restore calm " . |
| 14 | The suspected assassin , José Sales , who was arrested later , was believed to be a professional gunman hired by local landowners who had been blamed for the murder in 1985 of his predecessor Joao Canuto . |
| 15 | Over-fishing of sand eels , the terns ' staple foods , have been blamed for the decline . |
| 16 | Known as " walls of death " , drift nets have been blamed for the indiscriminate killing of large numbers of marine creatures , notably dolphins . |
| 17 | Mr Delors , president of the European Commission , has been blamed for the threat of a trade war which will hit farmers first … then more specialist manufacturers like the Cotswold Perfumery in Bourton On The Water . |
| 18 | Aideed 's fighters have been blamed for the June 5 killing of 23 Pakistani UN peacekeepers and the United Nations launched retaliatory air strikes on Saturday and Sunday . |
| 19 | Lack of ticket sales have been blamed for the cancellation of Butterfly Children which was to have run at Sunderland 's Empire Theatre next week . |
| 20 | THE slump in house sales has been blamed for the failure of a West of Scotland estate agents which owes creditors £70,765 . |
| 21 | It is in fact the Bank of Japan 's tight monetary policies which have been blamed for the downturn . |
| 22 | Imports of subsidised coal have been blamed for the closure of Parkside . |
| 23 | Arsonists have been blamed for the fire which kept crews busy from 9.30pm until 1am . |
| 24 | Importation of subsidised coal has been blamed for the closure of Parkside . |
| 25 | Sir Derek , however , sat tight , believing that he should not be blamed for the £215m fraud perpetrated against the company . |
| 26 | If a single economic statistic can be blamed for the recent slide towards panic it is the balance of payments figures . |
| 27 | He believes that Augustinian thought is largely to be blamed for the split between Christian morality and nature . |
| 28 | Namely , whatever action the company took , it would be blamed for the ensuing conflict . |
| 29 | 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 . |
| 30 | Shilton could not be blamed for the 2–0 defeat and made one superb tackle , denying Angell 15 yards outside his box . |