Example sentences of "in [noun sg] for its own " in BNC.
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| 1 | This was not through any idealistic belief in unity for its own sake , but because of the way these states viewed their national interests . |
| 2 | Branson , in fact , had no particular interest in gossip for its own sake , either public or private . |
| 3 | Even within the ruthless world of Irish republican terrorism , INLA members are regarded as ‘ crazies ’ , with more interest in violence for its own sake than in nationalist aims . |
| 4 | But he was not , unlike his colleague Captain Sturt , interested in geography for its own sake : his was not the thrill of covering the distance , but the desire to discover new species , regardless of their place on the map . |
| 5 | Believing in democracy for its own sake does not seem to be characteristic of Chinese political thought , past or present . |
| 6 | The process of training and qualification does not automatically guarantee the surveyor job security and the buyer of professional services is no longer interested either in tradition for its own sake or in the mystique in which many professions have corseted themselves . |