Example sentences of "sake of a [adj] [noun] " 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 | You could be putting your life , or at least your health , at risk for the sake of a few pounds . |
15 | And they say the sixty-two year old widow died for the sake of a few pounds . |
16 | 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 . |
17 | 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 . |
18 | 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 |
19 | 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 . ’ |
20 | Further , more local , threats are posed for the sake of a few years ' supply of raw materials . |
21 | What is being contemplated here is the rape of a pleasant environment for the sake of a short term cash gain . ’ |
22 | 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 . |
23 | 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 . |
24 | 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 . |
25 | 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 . |
26 | Let us choose , for the sake of a particular example , the word-meaning BOTTLES . |
27 | The famous cantata Quando ridi , in which a lover claims he is dying for the sake of a beautiful mouth ? |
28 | 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 . |
29 | 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 . |
30 | 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 . |