Sentence examples of "for the sake of" in English with translation "pour"

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She only worked for the sake of money. Elle ne travaillait que pour l'argent.
He quit smoking for the sake of his health. Il arrêta de fumer pour sa santé.
He stopped smoking for the sake of his health. Il a arrêté de fumer pour sa santé.
We study the past for the sake of the future. Nous étudions le passé pour le bien du futur.
He has given up smoking for the sake of his health. Il a arrêté de fumer pour préserver sa santé.
He took the job for the sake of his career but he didn't like it. Il a accepté le travail pour sa carrière mais il ne l'a pas aimé.
Imagine, for the sake of argument, a tribal group in which mother-son incest was countenanced. Imagine, pour les besoins de la discussion, une tribu où l'inceste entre une mère et son fils serait toléré.
A man can live and be healthy without killing animals for food; therefore, if he eats meat, he participates in taking animal life merely for the sake of his appetite. And to act so is immoral. Un homme peut vivre et être en santé sans tuer d'animaux pour se nourrir ; en conséquence, s'il mange de la viande, il participe au meurtre d'un animal simplement pour satisfaire son appétit. Et agir ainsi est immoral.
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