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6. 在BNC(英國國家語料庫http://www.natcorp.ox.ac.uk):
和BUY-BNC BRTISH NATIONAL CORPUS (UK,1980s-1993) (Mark Davies, Brigham Young University ) http://corpus.byu.edu/bnc/上至少有9例包含be to be blamed的例證：
They're to be blamed, not pitied.
She was thankful that Holly was not to be blamed after all.
The sunglasses were not to be blamed.
...,the sufferer is not to be blamed for having allowed herself to become addicted.
Poor productivity, according to the DTI, is to be blamed partly on bad management of the workforce and partly on lack of investment (which is bad management in another form).
Lear is to be blamed for believing Goneril and Regan, ...
Again, I do not think that individuals are to be blamed for this: whole societies were caught up in this sexist interpretation of reality.
He believes that Augustinian thought is largely to be blamed for the split between Christian morality and nature.
..., then the owners are not to be blamed for thinking that their long-lost friend has finally found its way home.
7. 在BYU: THE OXFORD ENGLISH DICTIONARY
(http://corpus.byu/oed/)上至少有4例包含be to be blamed的例證：
1651 Is the Sun to be blamed that the Travellers cloak swelts him with heat?
1729 ... a poor servant is not to be blamed if he strives to better himself; that service is no inheritance.
1875 Nor is any one to be blamed for doing any honourable service or ministration to any man.
1913 If bad shows are booked for this theatre the actors are not the people to be blamed; they are, naturally, trying to do their best give them a sporting chance.
8. Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
(http://www.ldoceonline.com/dictionary)
The decision to increase interest rates was widely blamed (=blamed by many people) for the crisis.
9. 在TIME CORPUS OF AMERICAN ENGLISH (1923-2006) (Mark Davies, Brigham Young University ) (http://corpus.byu.edu/time) 上至少有8例包含be to be blamed的例證：
1926/12/13 While the Government is not to be blamed for failure to perform the impossible, the agriculture regions are entitled to know that...
1933/11/20 Scripps-Howard's high command was scarcely to be blamed for regarding Fusion's victory as their own.
1944/12/11 ..., she is perhaps less to be blamed for not realizing that he loves her.
1947/08/19 ..., Gilmore is not to be blamed for leaving the seamy side of Russian news unreported....
1953/11/11 Are children to be blamed if they grow up to believe that the three Rs and material success are more important than honor, integrity and spiritual values?...
1959/06/15 ..., and " so on edge that from time to time they gave the impression that Czechoslovakia was to be blamed for having brought all this trouble upon us.
1965/02/05 If he is to be blamed at all, it is not so much for assuming his role, but for demanding and wearing his crown so naturally. "
1988/03/21 Readers are not to be blamed if they keep an eye on the silverware.
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