Example sentences of "sake of a " in BNC.
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| 1 | I would not to-morrow , for the sake of a united Ireland , give up the policy of trying to make this a really Irish Ireland — not by any means . |
| 2 | For the sake of a scrap of paper . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 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 | For the sake of a quiet life he had given in to an unreasonable request and only now did he fully realize what it meant . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | For the time he has parted with the nobler characteristics of his humanity for the sake of a planetary power of locomotion . |
| 8 | For the sake of a handful of people making huge profits the entire planet has been put in jeopardy . |
| 9 | You could be putting your life , or at least your health , at risk for the sake of a few pounds . |
| 10 | That 's how I met Bela , one of two Hungarians , who is bent on building a new village , and Aman from Rajasthan , who is involved in local campaigning to resist government plans to remove inhabitants and divert scarce water resources for the sake of a tiger park for tourists in his part of India . |
| 11 | The testimony of those whose lives have been transformed by his work is very affecting : bonded labourers , now members of the union , some bonded for three generations for the sake of a loan of Rs200 ( £5 ) and a few kilos of padi ; now learning a trade through the ‘ polytechnics ’ established by the Chattisgarh Liberation Front . |
| 12 | 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 . ’ |
| 13 | ‘ You mean those kids have been by themselves all the afternoon — just for the sake of a tea — or curling ? ’ |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | He points out that under John Akers , IBM has built its desktop computing business to $8,500m in worldwide sales in 1991 , giving it 19% market share ; remained the worldwide leader in information technology revenues , at $62,800m last year up nearly 30% from $48,500m in 1985 when Akers took over ; and avoided the worst crisis that could have befallen it — which would have been to sacrifice investments in research and development for the sake of a fast buck — it spent $6,600m last year . |
| 16 | It is one thing for Liberal Democrats to support a Labour government for the sake of a liberal reform . |
| 17 | Each time action is halted for the sake of a picture , it is a picture coloured by the mood of the viewer and confirmed by concrete detail . |
| 18 | ‘ It 's not the first time you 've put your life at risk for the sake of a challenge and I 'm sure it wo n't be the last time either . ’ |
| 19 | In small group discussions , happily married men with children clearly saw fidelity as part of their lives ; although not immune to other women 's charms , they were not prepared to jeopardize what they had for the sake of a night of passion . |
| 20 | Carr and Morgenthau rejected the prescriptive and utopian elements in Idealism for the sake of a science which sees the world as it is . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | He would even walk on into the Hollywood Hills , beyond any bus line , for the sake of a half-hour voice lesson . |
| 23 | Though there are a few anomalous features in this framing ( and the sceptic is well aware how often unscrupulous dealers have altered or exchanged such items for the sake of a sale ) it is nevertheless easier to believe that it is original than to contrive any coherent explanation . |
| 24 | 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 . |
| 25 | She had been married for the last two years , to a man who really was a sewage plant manager ( Slater was quite hurt that Graham thought he 'd invented this detail for the sake of a joke ) . |
| 26 | 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 . |
| 27 | 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 . |
| 28 | Further , more local , threats are posed for the sake of a few years ' supply of raw materials . |
| 29 | 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 . |
| 30 | For the sake of a tiny minority of possible abusers , the cyclist is being unreasonably inconvenienced . |