The phrase "activities that used to" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to refer to actions or behaviors that were common in the past but are no longer practiced or relevant.
Example: "There were many activities that used to be popular in the 90s, such as rollerblading and playing with pogs."
Alternatives: "activities that were once" or "activities that previously".
Withdrawing from activities that used to give them pleasure can be a telltale sign of mild cognitive impairment – and can trigger anger and arguments.
Developments in technology have turned activities that used to be absolutely necessary into forms of rent – ironically, these roles are mushrooming even as their contribution to the public good decreases.
But just as drainpipe jeans have given way to the wilfully unattractive Levi's Anti-Fit, youthful activities that used to be regarded as fairly harmless - Halloween trick-or-treating, wandering the streets in gangs, and smoking - have taken on a sinister aspect.
Some activities that used to be considered peripheral to a company's profits, such as data management, are now seen as essential, so they are less likely to be entrusted to a third-party supplier thousands of miles away.Coming full circleEven General Electric is reversing its course in some important areas of its business.
People here are farmers, fishermen and hunters, activities that used to take them deep into the bush until the LRA began terrorizing communities here four years ago, killing, destroying, looting, kidnapping, raping and mutilating their victims.
Over the years I've found my way around, and learned how to accelerate the completion of tasks and activities that used to take me a lot longer to complete, either with or without help, and yet there were so many missed opportunities along the way.
The automatic washing-machine might give it a close run in countries where it is commonplace, by freeing women from an activity that used to take many hours a week.
And you'll want to eat your baby's face in gratitude for finally helping you weed out some of the senseless activity noise that used to clutter and overwhelm your life.
And the F.B.I. should not retain surveillance information it gathers at public events unless it is related to criminal or terror activity — a prohibition that used to be in force at the agency but was relaxed in 2008.
In addition, there was an overall soundness in the coordination of advocacy and social mobilization activities that used many channels to reach the target populations where they lived.
In all other aspects, the procedure to determine SSS activity was the same as that used to determine GBSS activity.
