Example sentences of "has be blamed for " in BNC.
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| 1 | The current poor economic climate has been blamed for total admissions of only 420,000 people , some 300,000 down on the 1988 total and the lowest figure since the show moved to the National Exhibition Centre from London in 1978 . |
| 2 | The Left Coalition has so far ruled out linking up with the conservatives again — the improbable alliance of last June has been blamed for much of their drop in support — but has already hinted that it would be willing to support a national unity government as proposed by the New Democrat leader Mr Constantine Mitsotakis . |
| 3 | As far as total dust veil is concerned , it seems to be roughly the same size as the veil from the Agung eruption , which has been blamed for cooling the northern hemisphere by about 0.3 °C in the mid-1960s.There is one key difference , though : El Chichón 's eruption occurred in the northern hemisphere , Agung 's in the south . |
| 4 | Coffee has been blamed for increasing the pulse rate and for interfering with the efficiency of the digestive process . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | Poor patients/parent compliance has been blamed for less than ideal results in major series on constipation in children . |
| 7 | Brackish effluent from the farms has been blamed for polluting fresh water on which rice production depends , particularly in the south of the country . |
| 8 | The compounds are a major cause of low-level ozone pollution and photo-chemical smog , which has been blamed for damaging human health and contributing to " acid rain " attacks on plants , forests and crops . |
| 9 | In recent months , it has been blamed for freak storms in Pacific islands and on the Californian coast , and flooding in Peru . |
| 10 | The El Niño climate phenomenon , which has been blamed for widespread droughts in southern Africa , Australia and south-east Asia [ see EDs 57 , 55 ] appears to be over . |
| 11 | RTZ 's Tinto Holdings Canada Ltd subsidiary has a controlling interest in a company which mines uranium at Elliot Lake , Ontario , which has been blamed for destroying the fishing-based economy of the local Anishnabe Indians . |
| 12 | Despite an agreement between Peabody and the Navajo Tribal Council , pollution from the mines has been blamed for contaminating local water supplies , and forcing Indians to leave their homes . |
| 13 | In addition , its oil exploration activities in the Ecuadorian Amazon has been blamed for damaging the hunting economy of the Waorani , Quichua , Siona , Secoya and Cofan Indians , by driving away wildlife and polluting soil and water . |
| 14 | The drift net effect has been blamed for unemployment among fishing communities in the Greek Ionian islands , notably Corfu and Cephalonia . |
| 15 | The hunting has been blamed for rapid falls in the population of birds . |
| 16 | A flying instructor has been blamed for causing a helicopter crash . |
| 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 | And despite the fact that the designer dance drug has been blamed for at least eight deaths , Alan Hewitt , Tyneside manager of the North Eastern Council on Addiction , says requests for information about it have rocketed . |
| 19 | A sewage leak has been blamed for polluting Scarborough 's Valley Road pond near the seafront , and killing fish . |
| 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 | Importation of subsidised coal has been blamed for the closure of Parkside . |
| 22 | Corrosion in pipework has been blamed for a gas escape which triggered the operation cloudburst emergency plan in February . |
| 23 | So some of the sulphur which has been blamed for causing environmental problems , may before long emerge in the form of ‘ Andricite , ’ plaster and wall-boards in our houses — courtesy of ICI . |