Example sentences of "sake of [art] [adj] [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He can not see why cash which has earned him monthly interest running into five figures should be squandered for the sake of a perceived way of life that is now beset by escalating economic and political pressure . |
| 2 | For the sake of a tiny minority of possible abusers , the cyclist is being unreasonably inconvenienced . |
| 3 | It was too dear to her to take on ‘ the degraded position of a woman who had forsaken husband and child and formed a union with her lover … she would always be a guilty woman continually threatened with exposure , deceiving her husband for the sake of a shameful union with a man who was a stranger and independent of her , and with whom she could not live a united life . |
| 4 | For the time he has parted with the nobler characteristics of his humanity for the sake of a planetary power of locomotion . |
| 5 | You wo n't mind being that , for the sake of a fellow warrior in the cold drinks war ? |
| 6 | He was called out by an offended patriot of the town , but killed his opponent in the consequent duel , one of the few duels that can ever have been fought for the sake of a marginal note in a book . |
| 7 | For the sake of the veritable man of state Isambard , born to dominion , forgave the collector of castles and amasser of manors . |
| 8 | To choose suffering for the sake of the stimulating effects of running away from it is indeed a paradox . |
| 9 | Those standing by the IBM shares for the sake of the thumping 6% plus yield now recognise that the dividend is safe only so long as the present management team is in place — and few would gamble much now on John Akers and his cronies seeing the year out . |
| 10 | However difficult it may be , it is worth the effort , both for our own sake and for the sake of the emergent nations of the world . |
| 11 | But for the sake of the old game in Scotland let's hope that Airdrie , on Tuesday night , can be the exception to that rule . |
| 12 | The South 's case is that for the sake of the ever-improving standards of life which the North 's electorates demand , it squanders resources , poisons the atmosphere and then , to stem the environmental degradation it has caused , demands that the impoverished South forgo equality with the North in the name of salvation ! |
| 13 | The Secretary of State 's proposals are not for the sake of better industrial relations but , for the sake of the worst prejudices of the Tory party . |