Example sentences of "sake of [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Views expressed by local people at yesterday 's public meeting included comments that Cwm Rheidol would be ruined for ever just for the sake of a short-term quarry , while another resident claimed that the village deserved a break after putting up with such a quarry for about 20 years . |
| 2 | HUNDREDS of people today shun a family for the sake of a thriving career . |
| 3 | HUNDREDS of people today shun a family for the sake of a thriving career . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | Even over Christmas , when the IRA declared a unilateral ceasefire , that caution could not be relaxed not even for the sake of a rare party and a couple of cans of beer . |
| 6 | Only the France of the Sun King could afford the luxury of overseas development for its own sake , or at least for the sake of a distant and ill-defined future . |
| 7 | For the sake of a tiny minority of possible abusers , the cyclist is being unreasonably inconvenienced . |
| 8 | The ecological disaster created by the diversion of water from the Aral Sea for the sake of a better cotton crop has given that sort of thinking a severe knock . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | For the time he has parted with the nobler characteristics of his humanity for the sake of a planetary power of locomotion . |
| 11 | In addition to this , the diphthong is shorter in ‘ might ’ , but we will ignore this for the sake of a simpler argument . |
| 12 | It is one thing for Liberal Democrats to support a Labour government for the sake of a liberal reform . |
| 13 | You wo n't mind being that , for the sake of a fellow warrior in the cold drinks war ? |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | Charles … allowed himself for the sake of a few thousand pounds to be regarded as a greedy and litigious landlord rather than as a just ruler or as a national king . |
| 16 | You could be putting your life , or at least your health , at risk for the sake of a few pounds . |
| 17 | Inspector Alan Miller , of North Yorks Police , said : ‘ They would have had to be very determined to breach the wires , ignore warning signs and risk confronting armed guards for the sake of a few rabbits . ’ |
| 18 | Well for the sake of a few million pounds the Conservatives will slash this area , that area , will say we need to close this unit , that unit . |
| 19 | Further , more local , threats are posed for the sake of a few years ' supply of raw materials . |
| 20 | In any event , it is surely wrong , for the sake of a few weeks , to decide on the principle of the Bill by giving it a Second Reading while hon. Members still do not have the Stoner report . |
| 21 | And they say the sixty-two year old widow died for the sake of a few pounds . |
| 22 | The transport firms should consider this issue carefully before they make any changes to schedules especially if change is for the sake of a few pounds . |
| 23 | for the sake of , for the sake of a few bands that we do , I mean most of the bands on the local level are used to playing in pubs so they just had to play on the floor anyway and the rest of it |
| 24 | What is being contemplated here is the rape of a pleasant environment for the sake of a short term cash gain . ’ |
| 25 | I am — deliberately — ten minutes late , both for the sake of a dramatic entrance and to show them that frankly , my dears , I do n't give a damn . |
| 26 | On the anniversary of the murder , the Dixon family have said — for the sake of their parents and for the sake of a civilised society — please help catch the killer . |
| 27 | For the sake of my parents , for the sake of their loved ones , for the sake of justice , and for the sake of a civilised society , please come forward to the police with your information . |
| 28 | A year and a half ago , Hotspur thought , this fierce faun was surely no more than seventeen years old , and married off , like many another , to an old miser three or four times her age , for the sake of a noble name and a set of paltry quarterings , and the hope of a grandson set up in the landed estate . |
| 29 | Let us choose , for the sake of a particular example , the word-meaning BOTTLES . |
| 30 | The famous cantata Quando ridi , in which a lover claims he is dying for the sake of a beautiful mouth ? |