Example sentences of "and for [art] sake " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | They will only come together for official royal engagements , when the Queen specially requests their company at Balmoral or other royal houses , and for the sake of the children , William and Harry . |
| 3 | ‘ And for the sake of the greater justice , ’ Yeremi murmured to himself as a personal amen . |
| 4 | But he then said that he and his friends did n't like the drift of my article at all , and for the sake of my health I would be well advised to leave the subject alone . |
| 5 | For our purposes , and for the sake of simplicity , it will be easiest to retain the term ‘ Nazarean ’ . |
| 6 | I 'd like to ask the convenor erm how would he have er replied to a young woman who came to me fairly recently whose husband had just left home by mutual agreement , and for the sake of their children and er she said to me after he had gone er that the home was a much happier place now that there was , they had been freed from the tension that they had been going through in a very difficult time . |
| 7 | On entering the dining room , Hope had manoeuvred himself next to Miss D'Arcy and given her to understand that he was overwhelmed at the self-control of her behaviour in the face of such insensitivity as that displayed by the over-enthusiastic Mrs Crump who , nevertheless and for the sake of harmony , had to be tolerated — if not forgiven . |
| 8 | To this end , and for the sake of English cricket , parents-to-be are urged to give due and earnest consideration to the naming of all future male offspring . |
| 9 | I 'm looking to select patients who have a high pressure and a low flow and for the sake of this study I 've drawn my lines at fifty centimetres of water for detrusor pressure during voiding and , and er fifteen mils per second . |
| 10 | John , their elder son , was a permanent invalid , and for the sake of his health the boys were sent abroad to France and Italy . |
| 11 | The philanthropist Helen Bosanquet drew eagerly on the work of the French sociologist Frederick Le Play to argue that the ‘ stable family ’ with its male breadwinner was ‘ the only known way of ensuring with any approach to success , that one generation will exert itself in the interests and for the sake of another ’ . |
| 12 | Though we have begun by stating that some consonances are stronger than others , the difference is not striking , and for the sake of simplicity we intend to regard them as equal for this method of creating harmony . |
| 13 | Each firm has nominated the persons whom enquiries should be addressed , and for the sake of good order , those are the people through whom both inputs and outputs are channelled . |
| 14 | However , from the point of view of enforcement and for the sake of certainty , the vendor should provide a draft confidentiality agreement to the purchaser as early as possible . |
| 15 | Everyone has the gift of life — and for the sake of just a little pain over a week it 's a wonderful opportunity to take . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | The production is excellent , and for the sake of the audiences at the Brunton Theatre , Musselburgh , I hope that the BBC gives the play another airing very soon . |
| 19 | There 's a lot of stuff happening nationally which could affect us , and for the sake of eighteen months we might be as well waiting . |
| 20 | Owen was for trying to get word through to Harry in his prison ; there were men in Leighton who had kin within the castle , and for the sake of Master Harry whom they remembered well might be willing to risk the carrying of a message . |
| 21 | Bless our work bless us that all we do and say may be to your glory and for the sake of your kingdom guide us |