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The phrase "instinct for self-preservation" is grammatically correct and can be used in written English
This phrase refers to the natural, innate drive that humans and animals have to protect themselves from danger or harm. Example: "Despite the chaos and danger around her, Maria's instinct for self-preservation kicked in and she quickly ran to safety."
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I had less instinct for self-preservation.
You're a rational person with an instinct for self-preservation.
And Martoma clearly possessed a dogged instinct for self-preservation.
Politicians have an acutely honed instinct for self-preservation.
Mr. Mantovani's none too comforting answer: like anybody else, with an instinct for self-preservation.
Yet the challenge remains: monopolies have a high instinct for self-preservation.
It's another example of her will, and of her instinct for self-preservation.
An instinct for self-preservation may explain the former rebel fighters' return to Soviet methods.
The earliest types of play probably developed from the instinct for self-preservation.
In After Leaving Mr Mackenzie, the character Julia appears to have no instinct for self-preservation.
For some reason - an instinct for self-preservation perhaps - he loves Oscar.
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