Sentences with phrase «mere sake of»

Why would you pay $ 1.00 in interest for the mere sake of saving.30 cents on your income tax?

While you do not want to add keywords for the mere sake of doing so, including content that is directly in line with what the hiring manager is looking for will help.

Potts neatly sums them up: «Even the most enjoyable press trips... are never created for the mere sake of enjoyment.»

By the final reel, the script twists for the mere sake of twisting, going for the cheap shock at the expense of all logic or sense of reality.

However, «Mister Foe» attempts to be quirky like «The Squid and the Whale» for the mere sake of being quirky - repulsive at times, or pornographic for the sake of being cutting - edge.

He's powerful for the mere sake of being powerful, his plans are pretty basic and evil, and by the time we truly get to explore him, we're much more invested in Elise's personal demons than the literal one in front of her.

You don't have to endure any kind of violence for the mere sake of certain perks and financial benefits.

The opportunity to layer beautiful pieces for the mere sake of charm.

The best thing about our product reviews is that they are not written for the mere sake of marketing.

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When banks and other private - market intermediaries acquire base money, they do so, not for the sake of holding on to it, as they might were they mere warehouses, but in order to lend or otherwise invest it.

For some it may mean that «there is an orphaned state required for the sake of the kingdom of heaven, in which a man who like all others is the child of his parents must symbolize with his being and action the present but hidden creation which is not a mere prolongation of the old, but the new creation in relation to which the old has already passed away...» This is, therefore, the first word that must be spoken: of discontinuity between the kingdom of God and any earthly order, even one as significant as the family.

Learning is not advocated for the sake of mere utility, but utility for the sake of learning.

It is clear then that a state is not a mere society, having a common place, established for the prevention of mutual crime and for the sake of exchange.

No mere dreamer, Soleri has planned — and has begun to build — cities that do not sacrifice our relation to nature for the sake of urban values.

The peasant life witnesses to the constant efforts on the part of the farmer despite all odds for the sake of mere survival.

So Henry was no mere aesthete or partisan of «art for art's sake.»

On the other hand, some groups have been suspicious of Sabbatarianism so strict that it might seem legalistic («If anywhere the day is made holy for the mere day's sake, then I order you to work on it, to ride on it, to feast on it, to do anything to remove this reproach from Christian liberty,» Martin Luther declared) or have emphasized, like the Quakers, that all time is holy with God.

But I Am Not Your Negro is no mere piece of rabble - rousing agitprop, nor is it heedlessly provocative for the sake of «sending a message.»

Some, of course, will object on principle to the mere act of turning events such as the Iraq War and the 9/11 attacks — two of Greengrass's previous subjects — into pulse - pounding thrills in the first place, arguing that he's exploiting real - world trauma for the sake of shallow entertainment.

The 71 - year - old has lost about 29 pounds, bringing the 5 - foot - 9 inch education activist to a mere 132 pounds — all for the sake of America's schoolchildren.

In the spirit of Kurt Schwitter's she seeks to create a «gesamtkuntswerk» a total work of art; however these are not mere novel innovations for their own sake but a engagement in a search for the truth, to express the reality that this world our bodies are temporal and that our spirit is the only true thing.

``... If the earth must lose that great portion of its pleasantness which it owes to things that the unlimited increase of wealth and population would extirpate from it, for the mere purpose of enabling it to support a larger but not a better or a happier population, I sincerely hope, for the sake of posterity, that they will be content to be stationary, long before necessity compels them to it» Read more...

If the earth must lose that great portion of its pleasantness which it owes to things that the unlimited increase of wealth and population would extirpate from it, for the mere purpose of enabling it to support a larger but not a better or a happier population, I sincerely hope, for the sake of posterity, that they will content to be stationary, long before necessity compels them to it.

It is time for America to move to post-growth society where the natural environment, working life, our communities and families, and the public sector are no longer sacrificed for the sake of mere GDP growth; where the illusory promises of ever - more growth no longer provide an excuse for neglecting to deal generously with our country's compelling social needs; and where true citizen democracy is no longer held hostage to the growth imperative.

For the sake of mere decency and civility, please avoid attributing to others positions that they have not taken.

Dr. Schnarch eschews the common focus on sexual technique, the mere reversal of sexual symptomology, or the pursuit of intimacy for its own sake.

Assuming that you understand what a «mere posting» is, we will assume for sake of argument (maybe) that you were not listed as such and that you had a Full - Agency Relationship, with your listing brokerage.