Example sentences of "[adj] for [pron] [adj] sake " in BNC.
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| 1 | The core of morality was seen by Kant in the ‘ categorical imperative ’ , the unconditional demand upon us to do what is right for its own sake . |
| 2 | At every stage of the arms race there was no intrinsic benefit in being tall for its own sake . |
| 3 | ‘ Images ’ were a sort of charade , amateur theatricals to grace the hard face of commerce , and they became popular for their own sake . |
| 4 | Is this a man who prates of mercy and would deny it another for his own sake ? |
| 5 | Perhaps it is fortunate for my own sake that I have no further letter now . ’ |
| 6 | One needed it too much for its own sake . |
| 7 | We argued that for such students practice in the craft of writing would not only be valuable for its own sake but would help them appreciate the achievements of writers of the past and take an informed interest in contemporary writing : |
| 8 | The attitudes embodied by these two men were described in Chapter 3 as ‘ instrumental ’ and ‘ expressive ’ ; the instrumental attitude could be said to regard physics as a useful subject , both for individuals and for society , while the more expressive , or liberal , attitude , regards the discipline as valuable for its own sake . |
| 9 | This paradox is strongly reminiscent of Bradleyan idealism , and to understand the nature of Four Quartets it is appropriate to recall what Eliot as a student considered to be one of the central principles of Bradley 's thought : that , for the sceptic faced with the possibility of acquiring only relative truth , coherence and comprehensiveness were important for their own sake . |
| 10 | It is also important for its own sake . |
| 11 | For not only is the culture of film-making important for its own sake . |
| 12 | But he would then be treating the past as evidence of present attitudes and convictions , not as important for its own sake , and he would lose interest in the past as it aged and was therefore of less evidential value . |
| 13 | He rejects , it is true , the very idea of consistency in principle as important for its own sake . |
| 14 | How can consistency in principle be important for its own sake , particularly when it is uncertain and controversial what consistency really requires ? |
| 15 | And there was little point in being provocative for its own sake . |
| 16 | It may yet be possible to convince manufacturers , governments and the public that energy saving is worthwhile for its own sake . |
| 17 | Sexual intercourse can be intensely pleasurable without orgasm ( although the pleasure is heightened by it ) and satisfying for its own sake between suitable partners . |
| 18 | Although presented mainly as a measure of penal reform that was desirable for its own sake , officials were more sanguine that parole might lead to the hoped for reduction in the prison population than the dubious promise of the suspended sentence . |
| 19 | The hon. Gentleman seems to leave out of account the fact that investment in energy efficiency is desirable for its own sake . |
| 20 | Whereas hitherto she had looked upon sex as highly enjoyable for its own sake , now she believed that , in some inextricable way , she would not be able to help equating it with what might — and , presumably , should be — the end result : procreation . |
| 21 | At school they concealed it automatically from masters and other boys : the secrecy was enjoyable for its own sake , and in any case Emor would have been labelled ‘ childish ’ — the sort of behaviour that was only one step removed from taking a teddy bear to bed with you at night . |
| 22 | In line with recent methodological trends , the stories are enjoyable for their own sake , and aim to resemble as closely as possible the style of book children would choose to read in their first language . |