Sentence examples for controlling instincts from inspiring English sources

But the Bachmann campaign's controlling instincts go beyond the candidate's makeup and wardrobe.

Now, Whitehall's controlling instincts are not quite on a par with the Kremlin's.

Those who lead will also need the capacity to cope with the controlling instincts of Theresa May, who finds power in the hands of cities troubling.

His snuffing out of all independent television and most independent newspapers, his hounding of wealthy businessmen (the "oligarchs") who crossed him, and his rigging of elections all testified to the controlling instincts that one might expect in a former KGB officer.

Sir Richard Leese, head of Manchester's council, welcomes Mr Osborne's proposal but says he wants something much bigger: the transfer of all £22 billion of government spending in his region.Devolution on that scale would contradict all the controlling instincts of Whitehall and Westminster.

I've always been good at being bold but to become a better leader I needed to learn to let go of my controlling instincts.

The benevolent indifference of the response means the very thing that caused the rebellious behaviour – your controlling instinct – is liable to disappear.

To be clear, by promoting reason and a moral sense, moral philosophy was teaching students to develop their divine attributes for controlling baser instincts.

Some people are better than others at controlling their instincts and impulses; Nixon from all appearances did a poor job of that.

Protect experiments from your company's natural control instincts.

We have quite ancient parts of our brains that control instincts like fight or flight.