Sentence examples for blames construction from inspiring English sources

Bilham, a geophysicist who specializes in earthquake-related deformation and hazards, blames construction practices for many of the deaths in Iranian earthquakes.

Professor Roger Bilham of the University of Colorado at Boulder, a geophysicist who specializes in earthquake-related deformation and hazards, blames construction practices for the fact that since the start of the 20th century, 1 in 3,000 Iranians has died in an earthquake-related incident.

Kelly Trice, the president and chief operating officer of Shaw-Areva Mox Services, the company building the plant, blamed construction at Vogtle and another civilian reactor project for driving up construction costs at the South Carolina factory.

The government blamed shoddy construction that violated building codes.

The Ghanaian authorities on Thursday blamed faulty construction for the collapse of a five-story building in Accra, Ghana's capital, that killed at least nine people and trapped dozens of others until they were freed by crews picking through broken concrete with axes.

One official blamed poor construction standards for the widespread damage.

Official investigations have blamed poor construction and corruption for the collapse.

He blamed highway construction near the stadium, which caused the cancellation of six afternoon games popular with day campers.

But some parents blame shoddy construction linked to corruption for their children's deaths, pointing out that many school buildings collapsed while surrounding structures withstood the shock.

Authorities blamed poor construction; the school's owner was arrested.Nicaragua's opposition parties accused Daniel Ortega, the leftist president, of rigging municipal elections to deprive the opposition leader, Eduardo Montealegre, of victory in the contest for mayor of Managua, the capital.

Environmental groups also blamed unregulated construction and expressed concerns that government cutbacks to environmental protection agencies, a consequence of Italy's budget and economic travails, had undermined efforts to better manage such catastrophes.