Example sentences of "[noun sg] for [pron] [adj] sake " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Commission does not advocate change for its own sake . |
| 2 | Avoid too-frequent harmonic change for its own sake . |
| 3 | It would have thrown light on Eliot 's attitude to the liturgy and to the drama , which in his view were indissolubly linked , though he realized the temptation to enjoy the emotions of the Mass for their own sake ; a point he had made in his ‘ Dialogue on Poetic Drama ’ . |
| 4 | There is a clear consensus that the case for the public ownership and management by State corporations of whole industries was limited ; and , further , that the objective was not nationalisation for its own sake , but the need to bring economic enterprise under social control — whatever that means . |
| 5 | Could it be that we just select randomly , in free variation , perhaps to add a little variety for its own sake ? |
| 6 | None of this means that in the second method , when we begin with the group , we are interested in group responsibility for its own sake . |
| 7 | It is hard , at this distance of time , to see what his motives were , apart from the mere love of a fight for its own sake , and the desire to promote one of his friends . |
| 8 | He genuinely had little concern with making money for its own sake , but he could not fail to be infected by Marjorie 's martyred attitude to their shortage of cash , and he resented being reminded of it by Kegan 's sleekness . |
| 9 | George Carey 's argument that it is wrong ‘ to make money for its own sake ’ . |
| 10 | Simmel recognizes , however , that this particular variety of means has a tendency to become an end , as with the accumulation of money for its own sake . |
| 11 | This was not through any idealistic belief in unity for its own sake , but because of the way these states viewed their national interests . |
| 12 | The argument would now tend to be that a child refusing to be toilet trained is not simply enjoying the experience for its own sake . |
| 13 | The legacy in the GP is a tendency to take action for its own sake — doing something is better than doing nothing ( Freidson , 1970 ) . |
| 14 | But he was not , unlike his colleague Captain Sturt , interested in geography for its own sake : his was not the thrill of covering the distance , but the desire to discover new species , regardless of their place on the map . |
| 15 | As a result of their continued advocacy , research for its own sake has been developed on an appreciable scale . |
| 16 | Like Cobbett , many suffragettes would have said that it was not so much the vote for its own sake that they sought as the improvements in the status and conditions of women which they believe would be achieved as the result of women 's enfranchisement . |
| 17 | Branson , in fact , had no particular interest in gossip for its own sake , either public or private . |
| 18 | Their intricate scheming spoke of defiance , but also of a love of conspiracy for its own sake , conspiracy prompted by group living within a regimented and closed institution . |
| 19 | Even within the ruthless world of Irish republican terrorism , INLA members are regarded as ‘ crazies ’ , with more interest in violence for its own sake than in nationalist aims . |
| 20 | Education can be a discovery of new interests ; a matter of personal development and a pleasure for its own sake . |
| 21 | There are substantial hints that if paternal family experience encouraged Edward to extend his interests , both in preparing for a career and in his natural history pursuits , along practical and fact-gathering lines , the subtler influence of his mother and her family gave approval to the sudden spurt of interest in the affective literature of Richard Jefferies and , even more , to the reading of poetry for its own sake . |
| 22 | His quarrel with Luther meant that he had little influence in Germany , but there was something about his insistence on thrift , application , and hard work for its own sake that struck sympathetic chords in the Zurich temperament . |
| 23 | ‘ What he actually says is a very proper reminder that you can do more good with wealth in the nation , in the community and in the family , but wealth for its own sake is not a good thing . ’ |
| 24 | But buying equipment for its own sake is pointless . |
| 25 | But Rothermere and Beaverbrook were not principally interested in the issue for its own sake . |
| 26 | The concept of play as an activity entered into with delight for its own sake is important for both the theology and the psychology of religion . |
| 27 | His fascination with tales and story-telling is regularly linked to a formalistic relish of complication for its own sake , and Barth has always detached his use of plot from mimesis . |
| 28 | What he discovered is that these ‘ disciplines ’ were not really about uncovering truth for its own sake ; the ‘ knowledge ’ they generated was inseparable from and instrumental in ‘ techniques of domination ’ . |
| 29 | Yet , with Deacon Blue getting the high score covering Bacharach & David songs , and a lot of new bubblegum little more than MOR , ‘ Sundrive Road ’ could n't have arrived at a better time , when there must be a pay-out for mature bands making no bones about playing pop for its own sake . |
| 30 | Yet , with Deacon Blue getting the high score covering Bacharach & David songs , and a lot of new bubblegum little more than MOR , ‘ Sundrive Road ’ could n't have arrived at a better time , when there must be a pay-out for mature bands making no bones about playing pop for its own sake . |