Then one side will point the finger of blame at the other saying it was their policies that were responsible.

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After witnessing that Ospreys hammering in Munster, Hadley appeared to point the finger of blame at their elite performance director Andrew Hore.

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You had executives of BP and Transocean and Halliburton falling over each other to point the finger of blame at somebody else.

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President Obama has criticised what he called the "ridiculous spectacle" of BP and two other companies "falling over each other to point the finger of blame".

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When the brutal details of what happened to 17-month-old Peter Connelly made headlines, the immediate reaction was to point the finger of blame at the professionals who allowed him to return to an abusive home.

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