Example sentences of "it is an activity " in BNC.

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1 Pastiche is a dualistic activity , and it is an activity which can lend itself to the expression of paranoid feelings and unacted desires .
2 The patient may have enjoyed gardening before his stroke or head injury , and it is an activity he can return to even with quite a degree of disability .
3 It is an activity concerned with meaning ’ ( Kennedy , 1984 , p. 146 ) ; ‘ Reading is not just a matter of transfer of information from the print to the reader 's mind , there is also an active contribution from the reader 's store of knowledge .
4 It is an activity of the brave and strong and not of the cowardly , for ‘ Cowardice and Ahimsā do not go together any more than water and fire . ’
5 It is an activity that must be distinguished from the various abstract modes of experience .
6 It is an activity which becomes more straightforward with every mile that takes me further away " , he noted on 4 December .
7 For instance , the basic activity in ( 2 ) is painting the general ; but the sentence tells us more specifically that it is an activity carried out in a way that envisages the general as seated .
8 It is an activity which involves the whole person and calls for sympathetic imagination , sensitivity and constant self-criticism .
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