Sentence examples for preserved for themselves from inspiring English sources

The BBC, remembered Marcia Williams, Wilson's right-hand woman, had been behaving "in the spirit of the independent empire that they had preserved for themselves".

Americans therefore preserved for themselves not only the right to bear arms — rather than yielding that right to a strong central government — but also medieval manners: impulsiveness, crudeness, and fidelity to a culture of honor.

In any case Sir Alex Ferguson's side needed the points to keep Liverpool out of second place and preserve for themselves the prospect of automatic qualification for next season's Champions League.

As men of conservative inclinations, but who are ultimately ambitious pragmatists, Roberts and Romney have both found it necessary to adopt the rhetoric of the hard right, and some of its policies, while trying to preserve for themselves some wiggle room.

It's being preserved for the urbanites so they can feel good about themselves and know that areas like this still exist".

The hearts were then removed and preserved for four hours using two different methods of preservation.

— and preserved for posterity on DVD.

The rest will be preserved for conservation.

"These letters have been preserved for posterity.

The paintings can also be preserved for hanging.

It has been left fallow, and preserved for centuries.