commercial activity

collocation in English

meaningsofcommercialandactivity

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commercial
adjective
uk
/kəˈmɜː.ʃəl/us
/kəˈmɝː.ʃəl/
related to making money by buying and ...
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activity
noun
uk
/ækˈtɪv.ə.ti/us
/ækˈtɪv.ə.t̬i/
the situation in which a lot of things are happening or people are ...
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(Definition ofcommercialandactivityfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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In 2004, it is hardly a hive ofcommercialactivity.
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In the whole southern realm, social status was eroded bycommercialactivity.
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Such advertisements offer the researcher prime documentary evidence of thiscommercialactivity.
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First, there is music as a form of human interaction, organization orcommercialactivity.
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In each town, we chose streets or praças (squares) wherecommercialactivityseemed heaviest.
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Of course, privatecommercialactivityhad a unique semi-independent status in earlier agriculturally based states.
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In some cases, they do this quite sincerely, but it then forces cities to institute fees oncommercialactivity.
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This is the essence ofcommercialactivity.
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I include herecommercialactivityas well.
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Insurance broking is acommercialactivity.
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It is a propercommercialactivity.
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It is an immaturecommercialactivity.
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For example, there is the extension ofcommercialactivity.
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That global figure relates to its owncommercialactivity.
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We do not like people to indulge incommercialactivity.
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First, it keeps the morning free fromcommercialactivity.
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The tendering system would be a normalcommercialactivity.
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It is a burden on all form ofcommercialactivity.
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It is a foundation for future prosperity andcommercialactivity.
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With certain obvious exceptions, defence procurement is acommercialactivity.
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Indeed, it is the concept which underpins allcommercialactivity.
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Much industrial andcommercialactivitydepends on it.
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The question of selling prices is an ordinarycommercialactivity.
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This is accountability but not of coursecommercialactivity.
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If design is to be considered as research it needs to be independent ofcommercialactivityor what we might characterise as general practice.
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