Example sentences of "sake of [art] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 Views expressed by local people at yesterday 's public meeting included comments that Cwm Rheidol would be ruined for ever just for the sake of a short-term quarry , while another resident claimed that the village deserved a break after putting up with such a quarry for about 20 years .
2 HUNDREDS of people today shun a family for the sake of a thriving career .
3 HUNDREDS of people today shun a family for the sake of a thriving career .
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 Even over Christmas , when the IRA declared a unilateral ceasefire , that caution could not be relaxed not even for the sake of a rare party and a couple of cans of beer .
6 For the sake of a tiny minority of possible abusers , the cyclist is being unreasonably inconvenienced .
7 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 .
8 It was too dear to her to take on ‘ the degraded position of a woman who had forsaken husband and child and formed a union with her lover … she would always be a guilty woman continually threatened with exposure , deceiving her husband for the sake of a shameful union with a man who was a stranger and independent of her , and with whom she could not live a united life .
9 For the time he has parted with the nobler characteristics of his humanity for the sake of a planetary power of locomotion .
10 In addition to this , the diphthong is shorter in ‘ might ’ , but we will ignore this for the sake of a simpler argument .
11 It is one thing for Liberal Democrats to support a Labour government for the sake of a liberal reform .
12 You wo n't mind being that , for the sake of a fellow warrior in the cold drinks war ?
13 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 .
14 What is being contemplated here is the rape of a pleasant environment for the sake of a short term cash gain . ’
15 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 .
16 On the anniversary of the murder , the Dixon family have said — for the sake of their parents and for the sake of a civilised society — please help catch the killer .
17 For the sake of my parents , for the sake of their loved ones , for the sake of justice , and for the sake of a civilised society , please come forward to the police with your information .
18 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 .
19 Let us choose , for the sake of a particular example , the word-meaning BOTTLES .
20 The famous cantata Quando ridi , in which a lover claims he is dying for the sake of a beautiful mouth ?
21 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 .
22 It is to be regretted that teachers dwell disproportionately on the first of these conventional classroom for the sake of a permanent record .
23 And were the Brodskys simply slumming it for the sake of a little pop action ?
24 It seemed that the local inhabitants had betrayed their past for the sake of the fictitious glamour which the new name was imagined to convey .
25 ‘ And for the sake of the greater justice , ’ Yeremi murmured to himself as a personal amen .
26 Using the wine has its dangers , because bits of pear may drift off , clouding the liquid , which must remain absolutely clear for the sake of the final éclat .
27 For the sake of the veritable man of state Isambard , born to dominion , forgave the collector of castles and amasser of manors .
28 They are published primarily for the sake of their inherent scholarly and cultural value ; for the sake of the great prestige attaching to them , of which more is said below ( 2.9 ) ; and because they are the foundation on which all the other English language reference books published by OUP are based , reference books which are all highly successful in commercial terms .
29 It was not an animal you 'd care to tangle with , not even for the sake of the high-k meat that clung to its bones , not while rats were smaller and had less impressive jaws and could , besides , be sold to the lower-Level kind for a bounty of six minims per head , not to mention what their meat and skin would fetch .
30 For the sake of the hon. Gentleman 's constituency and areas such as the constituency of my hon. Friend the Member for Cannock and Burntwood ( Mr. Howarth ) , these moneys must be released .
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