Sentence examples for preservation over from inspiring English sources

To meet his goal of building or preserving 165,000 affordable housing units, the mayor is emphasizing preservation over expensive new construction.

As for Greenwald, it was argued that he would cave "if pushed" because he would "choose professional preservation over cause".

Alison's husband (brave grieving father if you believe her, jealous brute if you believe Noah) argued for preservation over progress.

But Mr. Russell, a confirmed cheerleader for preservation over development, does not like it one iota when people express confusion about his Fork's qualifications as a haven for weekend homeowners, boaters, golfers and oenophiles.

We are going to go through the rainforest, house to house, to talk to the people to help them choose tourism and rainforest preservation over the offer from the oil firm.

These are established professionals that have a liberal bent, but ultimately most of them if pushed will choose professional preservation over cause, such is the mentality of most business professionals.

Instincts for self-preservation took over, Ms. Aramburuzabala said.

For days in the summer of 1995, he ran through the traffic on East Broadway on the Lower East Side, hoping that one of the cars or heavy trucks would hit and kill him, but always jumping out of the way at the last second when his instinct for self-preservation took over.

Cheap, overheated, and impatient, I chose self-preservation over self-awareness, and left.

The crowd is portrayed as a single, unified entity, which acts according to "mob psychology" — a set of primitive instincts (fear, followed by flight) that favor self-preservation over the welfare of others, and cause "stampedes" and "tramplings".

The crowd is portrayed as a single, unified entity, which acts according to "mob psychology"—a set of primitive instincts (fear, followed by flight) that favor self-preservation over the welfare of others, and cause "stampedes" and "tramplings".