Example sentences of "sake [prep] [art] [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | You could be putting your life , or at least your health , at risk for the sake of a few pounds . |
| 2 | And they say the sixty-two year old widow died for the sake of a few pounds . |
| 3 | The transport firms should consider this issue carefully before they make any changes to schedules especially if change is for the sake of a few pounds . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | for the sake of , for the sake of a few bands that we do , I mean most of the bands on the local level are used to playing in pubs so they just had to play on the floor anyway and the rest of it |
| 6 | 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 . ’ |
| 7 | Further , more local , threats are posed for the sake of a few years ' supply of raw materials . |
| 8 | After a limited liability company was floated to finance the tour , the New Zealand team set sail knowing they had to perform well and play attractive cricket for the sake of the nervous subscribers back home . |
| 9 | To choose suffering for the sake of the stimulating effects of running away from it is indeed a paradox . |
| 10 | They are sometimes used solely for the sake of the descriptive properties which they express , as perhaps in : But the majority of their occurrences are aimed at identifying some entity . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | The South 's case is that for the sake of the ever-improving standards of life which the North 's electorates demand , it squanders resources , poisons the atmosphere and then , to stem the environmental degradation it has caused , demands that the impoverished South forgo equality with the North in the name of salvation ! |
| 13 | The Secretary of State 's proposals are not for the sake of better industrial relations but , for the sake of the worst prejudices of the Tory party . |