active pursuit

collocation in English

meaningsofactiveandpursuit

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active
adjective
uk
/ˈæk.tɪv/us
/ˈæk.tɪv/
busy with a ...
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pursuit
noun
uk
/pəˈsjuːt/us
/pɚˈsuːt/
an activity that you spend time doing, usually when you are ...
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(Definition ofactiveandpursuitfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofactive pursuit

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Soon afterwards he relinquished theactivepursuitof his profession and devoted himself to scientific studies.
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The most common is theactivepursuitof harmonisation usually through the enactment of legislation which incorporates the harmonised principles into the local law.
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At the age of seventy-five he retired from theactivepursuitof his profession.
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The new network is devoted to theactivepursuitof social progress and artistic cooperation through the performing arts, and strengthening the role of the artist in the community.
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It is not the case that a good life is one in which people must be constantly engaged in theactivepursuitof goals.
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It makes it possible for theactivepursuitof desire to be justified by absolution in the end.
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We suggest that folivory (by leaf fractionation) should be energetically more advantageous than the ingestion of large amounts of low protein fruit or theactivepursuitof mobile insects.
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I have been engaged for 30 years in theactivepursuitof my profession at home.
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Activepursuitis more active than inactive pursuit.
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I repeat that one of the criteria for achieving such status will be theactivepursuitof equal opportunities.
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The second fundamental for progress is anactivepursuitof the principles of redistribution.
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One of the criteria for achieving approved training organisation status will be theactivepursuitof equal opportunities.
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And no man should form a judgment on this subject unless he is satisfied that an inquiry can take place now without damage to theactivepursuitof the war.
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But integration goes wider than this and involves theactivepursuitof high quality, seamless care at every level across the primary and secondary arms of the service.
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The waste is to spend money on inefficient education, and the real alternative is anactivepursuitof a wise educational policy as the best form of economy.
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Secondly, it can be argued that the words "seek to" involve anactivepursuiton the part of a data user, thus excluding the unintentional contravention.
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Arrangements are now being made for the prosecutor to examine our material in detail, as part of theactivepursuitof evidence which he is undertaking.
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Evil culminates into theactivepursuitof the destruction of existence.
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