| I doubt whether the Scots, going it alone, would have developed the same ruthless instinct for self-preservation. |
| What impels you to put aside the instinct for self-preservation and risk your lives to take these cliffs? |
| Forest companies are naturally inclined to look after the state of their forests as a natural instinct to self-preservation. |
| There's a sense of shame and self-preservation that you develop that lasts a long time. |
| The ship is sinking and nobody with a sense of self-preservation wants to stick around this mess anyway. |
| Chaos theory conveniently dovetails with this instinct of military self-preservation. |
