Example sentences of "have been blamed for " in BNC.
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| 1 | Tree trunks , too , have been blamed for the monster legends ( see New Scientist , vol 95 , p 354 ) . |
| 2 | Unemployment mixed with the political and racial problems have been blamed for the soaring crime rate . |
| 3 | Recession-hit businesses have been blamed for the slump . |
| 4 | The clear-cut hillsides have been blamed for the mud avalanches that caused almost all of the deaths . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | Over-fishing of sand eels , the terns ' staple foods , have been blamed for the decline . |
| 7 | Known as " walls of death " , drift nets have been blamed for the indiscriminate killing of large numbers of marine creatures , notably dolphins . |
| 8 | Reindeer in the area now number around 160,000 , and have been blamed for widespread erosion as a result of over-grazing . |
| 9 | Spanish pilots working for the government-run National Institute for the Conservation of Nature ( ICONA ) have been blamed for scaring flamingo parents off their nests in the Ebro Delta nature park . |
| 10 | The flights have been blamed for disturbing the game on which the Innu depend , and there are reports that pregnant women have miscarried as a result of the noise . |
| 11 | The recession … and no Desert Orchid … have been blamed for a drop in attendances at this year 's Cheltenham 's racing festival . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | ROCKETING power prices have been blamed for job losses at a Cheshire chemical firm . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | It is in fact the Bank of Japan 's tight monetary policies which have been blamed for the downturn . |
| 16 | Imports of subsidised coal have been blamed for the closure of Parkside . |
| 17 | Arsonists have been blamed for the fire which kept crews busy from 9.30pm until 1am . |