I should not have allowed an executive to override my professional instincts.

But being her daughter's advocate often meant fighting professional instincts and stepping out of the way.

It was his professional instinct to follow the action.

Would it be too much to ask you to forget your professional instincts?

I begged you to be on your guard, to fight against your professional instincts.

The professional instinct was strong in the man, and seemed to supersede everything else.

Every professional instinct she had told her to stop this, and yet she just couldn't.

Every professional instinct he had was telling him something was wrong.

Something in him, some professional instinct, was on the alert.

By the way, perhaps I should warn you once again to control the exuberance of your professional instincts.