1. She was held back by some sense of self-preservation.

2. The police have the same human urge for self-preservation as the rest of us.

3. It was his instinct for self-preservation that led him to abandon his former friends and transfer his allegiance to the new rulers.

4. But I also joined out of self-preservation.

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5. It was a matter of self-preservation.

6. The more immediate concern, namely, self-preservation, had made friends and benefactors of their former enemies.

7. What seems to motivate Congress is self-preservation - a desire to get re-elected.

8. Shaftesbury had rejected Hobbes's view of self-preservation as the basis of conduct.

9. Both super-powers shared the instinct for self-preservation and negotiated continuously in search of credible systems of nuclear deterrents.

10. More generally, the instinctive drive for self-preservation led to the emergence of a range of public and governmental institutions.

11. Politics and self-preservation must come first, never mind the majority of the people.

12. There is a feeling of self-preservation here; for what shuts out happiness for some does so for me and mine.

13. These days, it is an act of self-preservation.

14. In humannature, the right of self-preservation implies the right to property, and anyindividual property in man's products from the soil requires property in theland itself.

15. The second thought was fear, channelled into self-preservation: I jumped out of bed and grabbed my clothes from the floor.

16. Instead of worrying about his own self-preservation, he worries about hers. That's being in love.

17. Other tidbits include basic advice regarding self-preservation, such as never traversing at night or refraining from "passing judgment" when consuming alcohol.

18. But his adaptability did not apply to his tenets, merely to his instinct for self-preservation.

19. Otherwise a decreasing fraction of the flow would be turbulent, and, for example, self-preservation could not occur.

20. Politicians rarely change sides unless their instinct is purely one of self-preservation, human personalities remain predictably the same.

21. Even a very young animal has a strong instincts for self-preservation.

22. The theory would have to be tested, of course, but the body has an acute sense of self-preservation, you know.

23. In this climate, shrewd and sensitive individuals with an instinct for self-preservation looked around for a partner and pair-bonded.

24. Was his withdrawal from the return journey good luck or self-preservation?

25. This is a condition which should be avoided by all self-preservation enthusiasts.

26. Thoughts around Salomon Brothers turned away from the greater glory of the firm and focused on self-preservation.

27. But there needed to be some character there, some instinct for self-preservation, a degree of imagination too.

28. It may seem cruel, but the goal is nothing short of self-preservation.

29. Is this an example of a solid company man placing his conviction about a public need above his well- developed instinct for bureaucratic self-preservation?

30. Nature has indeed given you an irresistible self-love, and an unalienable right of self-preservation; but I create in you a contrary sentiment, an heroic hatred of yourselves.