11.   Addressing the House of Commons, a downcast Mowlam insisted the setback was only temporary and refused to apportion blame.

12.   But she said that this was the normal cost of war and that it was difficult to apportion blame.

13.   Even as science reveals what most of us already know -- that humans are mighty complex organisms -- the tendency persists to apportion blame as suits the circumstances.

14.   Halting the bloodshed must take priority over apportioning blame.

15.   He offered no excuses, apportioned no blame.

16.   If Netanyahu does not deliver, the Americans suggest that they will make public their own proposals and apportion blame.

17.   It means we all need to spend less time apportioning blame and more time working together.

18.   It did not directly apportion blame, but its account showed that Ethiopia had been the more obstructive.

19.   Politicians in both countries are already rushing to apportion blame for misconduct that has yet to be formally alleged, much less proved.

20.   The fact that the report apportions blame is not surprising, said Charles Elson, the director of the Center for Corporate Governance at the University of Delaware.