Example sentences of "take credit for the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The disabled lobby in the arts must take credit for the work they have done in making galleries more accessible , but there is a great deal more to do in order to encourage and demonstrate the creative talents of older people that undoubtedly exist . |
| 2 | In the by-elections , I rapidly became disillusioned by the men who not only ended up taking credit for the Group 's existence but who also displayed a total lack of understanding about issues affecting Asian women in Britain . |
| 3 | And finally — I took it as a compliment when the local Councillor took credit for the upgrading , prior to the local elections ! |
| 4 | Bush also took credit for the end of the Cold War and for pursuing a successful foreign policy , whilst blaming the obstruction of the Democrat-controlled Congress for the failure to realize much of his domestic agenda . |
| 5 | The Benedictine monks of the nearby abbey of Saint-Hilaire take credit for the discovery , as early as 1531 : Dom Pérignon , who is popularly regarded as the father of champagne , was cellarmaster of the abbey of Hautvilliers a good century later . |
| 6 | John Major wants to take credit for the recovery without owning up to earlier mistakes — which means he can neither praise the ERM nor bury it . |