May he act on those sound instincts to reshape an agency mired in history's amber.

Much of the newspaper comment on literature made him shudder, for though this was a province quite strange to him, he had sound instincts.

Thank God they both have sound instincts.

Lady Anne had sound instincts.

But since Newt Gingrich went the way of all political flesh, Lamar has returned to his sounder instincts.

Though flawed, it somehow manages to survive its weaknesses by dint of the author's gracefully exact prose and sound narrative instincts.

These people had to have sound political instincts, or they would not have been elected to their council.

But their dislike of standing armies is a perfectly sound instinct.

Excited despite all sounder instincts, I checked out the vague memory with Munir, the fixer and store owner just across the way from the hotel.

But for all his slips, Mr. Hevesi has sound instincts on the economic and social problems facing the city.