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EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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As for self-sacrifice it was mostly incredible.
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But co-operation and self-sacrifice also exist, even at quite basic levels of conscious animal life.
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Heroism turns out to be a fraud, and so does romantic self-sacrifice .
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Perhaps sensibly, Mr Bush's campaign appeals more to enlightened self-interest than to self-sacrifice .
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She gained her grades through sheer hard work, determination and two years' self-sacrifice .
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Suffering, anguish, and self-sacrifice are the order of the day.
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They didn't work for the Labour Party, which failed to persuade the voters of the value of self-sacrifice .
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To do so took enormous courage and self-sacrifice , intelligence and skill.