Which preposition to use with activity

of Occurrences 715%

In it go on the industrial processes of cooking, cleaning, sewing, washing; the care of silver, glass, linen, and household stores; the activities of buying food and clothing; the moral responsibilities of teaching and training servants and children.

in Occurrences 264%

The last volcanic period preceding the regeneration of the Sierra landscapes seems to have come on over all the range almost simultaneously, like the glacial period, notwithstanding lavas of different age occur together in many places, indicating numerous periods of activity in the Sierra fire-fountains.

for Occurrences 45%

" At first play is activity for the sake of activity, not for the sake of results, "of which the child has as yet no idea."

to Occurrences 39%

Life is still activity to the child of eight, and consequently should contain no immovable furniture.

on Occurrences 36%

She hastened to detail her further activities on behalf of the newcomer.

as Occurrences 28%

Kossuth returned to the scene of his former activity as the martyr of free speech and the victim to the cause of the nation.

by Occurrences 26%

Professor Dewey tells us that "nothing is more absurd than to suppose that there is no middle term between leaving a child to his unguided fancies, or controlling his activities by a formal succession of dictated directions."

at Occurrences 25%

Even this measure, as well as the sudden diplomatic activity at the Vatican, is little calculated to extinguish the hate for England in the Irish mind.

with Occurrences 24%

Next to respiration, digestion is the chief function in the economy of life, as, without the nutritious fluid digested from the aliment, there would be nothing to supply the immense and constantly recurring waste of the system, caused by the activity with which the arteries at all periods, but especially during infancy and youth, are building up the frame and developing the body.

without Occurrences 12%

It is activity without a body, practice without an end, and nothing develops from it of a constructive or expressive nature.

from Occurrences 11%

That assimilatory urge is present in every activity from coarse ingestion as food to the moral metabolism of the hermit-saint who would influence others to do as he.

into Occurrences 9%

I, myself, inspired the same activity into three other plantations, of which I had the management.

among Occurrences 8%

To that end, I suppose, there has been a vast amount of mental activity among us political "negligibles."

during Occurrences 8%

The Italian forces operating in the Trentino continued their activity during the fall and early winter of 1916, continual gains being made in their difficult undertaking.

than Occurrences 7%

She was a busy woman, with other aims and activities than those of working among the masses; Miss Lydia had heard her present talk, fancied it, and thought it would be the very thing for the Uplift Club.

against Occurrences 7%

When the battle of the Marne ended in favor of the Allies and the Germans retired to take up a defensive position along the Aisne, the Belgian army renewed its activities against the invader.

before Occurrences 6%

Why, my dear fellow, you've got many years of constant activity before you yet.

under Occurrences 5%

To the spirit of a seeker for truth with senses alert to the outer world, this country speaks of boundless force, and impels into activity under the spur of conviction; by its very desolation it sets its ineradicable mark upon the creed built up within it.

within Occurrences 5%

Never was there such a noble activity within the narrow compass of her walls as from about 1265, when Dante was born, to the end of the century.

like Occurrences 4%

Bobby recalled how Doctor Groom had reminded him that an activity like this might emerge from such places.

beyond Occurrences 4%

The front line trench was not far from that of the Germans, but there was no activity beyond that of the snipers, and the Germans were being so cautious that ours were getting mighty few shots.

about Occurrences 3%

There was a strange, inflamed, flurried, flighty recklessness of activity about him.

after Occurrences 3%

It used to exhibit signs of activity after sunset; but it was, considered a "burning shame" by some economists to light it up with gas when the Town Hall clock was got into working order, and ever since then it has been nightly kept in the dark.

around Occurrences 3%

"Poeta nascitur et fit;" and if the demands of technical routine have sometimes tended to stifle, the comparative repose of a seclusion "unravaged" by the fierce activities around it, the habit of dwelling on the old wisdom and harping on the ancient strings, is calculated to foster the poetic temper and enrich its resources.

behind Occurrences 3%

Familiars of the inncountry-folk of the immediate neighbourhoodof course began to comment on the state of things, joking among themselves about Mr. Ruddiman's activity behind the bar.

Which preposition to use with  activity