constructive activity

collocation in English

meaningsofconstructiveandactivity

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constructive
adjective
uk
/kənˈstrʌk.tɪv/us
/kənˈstrʌk.t̬ɪv/
If advice, criticism, or actions are constructive, they are useful and intended to help or ...
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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 ofconstructiveandactivityfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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We attempted to make each one of them aconstructiveactivitythat could be motivated by the child's own modulated emotion.
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Teachers might be encouraged to persist in comforting and engaging in positiveconstructiveactivitywith children who initially avoid them.
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The basis of this was the gradually emerging notion that humanconstructiveactivityand existence is the essence of the subjectobject relationship.
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They claim that enculturation implies relativism and fails to take into account both theconstructiveactivityof the child and the gradual nature of development.
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The second is to ensure that this is not counter-productive and that scope is provided for moreconstructiveactivityby the extremist organisations.
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Which does he feel stimulates him to the mostconstructiveactivity?
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Only a minority of young people are involved in antisocial behaviour; the vast majority wantconstructiveactivity.
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I command that to him as a helpful andconstructiveactivity, and hope he will continue to engage in it.
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Participation inconstructiveactivityhas been planned to encourage a safe and controlled environment for detainees and staff.
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It will ensure that prisoners earn privileges by responsible behaviour and participation in hard work and otherconstructiveactivity.
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We will not wean people off drug dependence unless they have some sort ofconstructiveactivityin which to engage in prison.
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There is less money to pay for education andconstructiveactivityand fewer officers to oversee that work.
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On average more than 24 hours a week ofconstructiveactivitywas provided for prisoners.
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Suddenly, there is an outburst of daring, initiative, invention,constructiveactivity, not in one field alone, but in many fields all at once.
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I think there is something in what he says, provided that the place is not too "clubby" and hasconstructiveactivity.
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The emphasis will be on prisoners earning privileges by good behaviour and participation in work or otherconstructiveactivity.
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Again, in 1994 a prisoner could spend 26.2 hours each week inconstructiveactivity; in 1996 it was down to 23.8 hours.
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An average of 28 hours a week per prisoner are spent inconstructiveactivity, compared to an average of 20 hours for publicly managed prisons.
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The trade union movement has an amazingly good record ofconstructiveactivityin all the turmoil and tumult that it has had to endure.
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It is exciting and rewarding to go there any evening and witness theconstructiveactivitydevoted to the young and the old in the community.
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