Example sentences of "the sake [prep] a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Make me understand why you 're willing to take such a risk for the sake of a story . ’ |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | For the sake of a morsel of warmth and finery , you 'd take him , would you ? |
| 4 | He would even walk on into the Hollywood Hills , beyond any bus line , for the sake of a half-hour voice lesson . |
| 5 | For the sake of a scrap of paper . |
| 6 | They may be used for simple emphasis , as in ( 5 ) ( c ) , or to highlight some property , implied by the noun but still in some way surprising as in ( 5 ) ( a ) , or for the sake of a contrast , as in ( 5 ) ( b ) . |
| 7 | Carr and Morgenthau rejected the prescriptive and utopian elements in Idealism for the sake of a science which sees the world as it is . |
| 8 | ‘ You mean those kids have been by themselves all the afternoon — just for the sake of a tea — or curling ? ’ |
| 9 | 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 ) . |
| 10 | Can I remind members of a fact that in the sake of a county where there are more small schools , there is four percent more spent on education in the south of the county than any other part of Wiltshire . |
| 11 | ‘ 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 . ’ |
| 12 | And I have g I have paid for English lights just for the sake of a week |
| 13 | For the sake of a handful of people making huge profits the entire planet has been put in jeopardy . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 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 would seem the people of Middlesbrough are about to lose a valuable free open space for the sake of an enterprise aimed primarily at commercial profit rather than providing a sports facility , ’ she said . |
| 19 | Nicholas , who had missed the victory Mass for Kyrenia for the sake of an axe in his shoulder was present today , in body if not especially in mind , from the look of him . |
| 20 | and all this , just for the sake over a bit of retaliation ? |