Preservation

//ˌpɹɛz.əˈveɪ.ʃən//

"Preservation" in a Sentence (18 examples)

The third is the preservation of environment. In this case, the conservation of energy and resources is needed.

Sleep is essential for the preservation of life.

He has dedicated his life to the preservation of nature.

When it is appraised, in order to check the authenticity and state of preservation of the painting, the real thing has to be borrowed from its owner.

It is the preservation of the species, not of individuals, which appears to be the design of Deity throughout the whole of nature.

The forest is in a better state of preservation.

If the difference between order and chaos or preservation and ruin were the same as that between high mountains and deep valleys, or between white clay and black lacquer, then wisdom would have had no place: stupidity would also have been alright.

What is your opinion about language preservation?

The supply of game for London is going steadily up. Head-keeper Hudson, we believe, has been now told to receive all orders for fly-paper and for preservation of your hen-pheasant's life.

My sense of self preservation keeps me from jumping out of perfectly good airplanes.

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Every seneseless thing by nature's light Doth preservation seek, destruction shun

The eyes of the Lord are upon them that love him, his is ther mighty protection, a preservation from stumbling, and a help from falling.

Further, the Society pleads for the preservation of Sutton's Charity.

Preservation of two railway routes between Belfast and Derry could no longer be justified and one of them must go.

When a language dies members of the culture of which that language was once a part may attempt to hold on to their linguistic heritage, if not by the use of the defunct language itself, at least by the preservation of its script.

The canoe is of pure black oak, and is in excellent preservation.

Tons of engine sheds would bite the dust with the end of steam, and many would be demolished with their time in the spotlight over. We're lucky that the one at Didcot survived into preservation.

As Edwin Clark [...] wrote in 1850: "[...] The lofty towers of the castle overhang the western approach to the Bridge, and the line passes into Conway through an opening pierced in the embattled wall, which entirely surrounds the town. These fortifications are in good preservation, and rank among the most perfect examples of the strongholds of the 13th century."

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