Example sentences of "[adj] [adj] activity [is] [adv] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The fact that such intellectual activity is generally ascribed to two of the leading male characters is of less significance than what kind of ‘ other ’ activities the rest of the cast indulge in , and what this tells us about their contribution to the overall development of the plot and tone of the story . |
| 2 | But Engels missed the point that human productive activity is not confined to producing the means of subsistence and the tools that go with it and to reproducing the human species itself ; there is also the crucial activity of altering the social world by creating new social relationships . |
| 3 | THE BRITISH government is looking eagerly for signs of economic recovery but is may not have noticed that the quickest way of discerning increased industrial activity is not to look at it , but to listen . |
| 4 | In another company , one major activity is only related to economic factors to a small extent , while its other activities are so stable that detailed economic information analysis is considered unnecessary . |
| 5 | On the continents some of this intra-plate volcanic activity is closely related to rift valleys which themselves represent sites of continental rifting where the crust has been stretched and faulted . |
| 6 | The dysfunctional force of this distinction between education and training has been reinforced by the binary system of state and public schools and by the belief in a ‘ classic ’ non-vocational education as a gold standard or jewel in the crown against which other educational activity is pejoratively judged . |