Sentence examples for activity is instigated from inspiring English sources

Pintrich and Schunk (2002, p.4) define motivation as "the process whereby goal-directed activity is instigated and maintained".

In an e-mail, he said questions sent to him regarding his lobbying and political activities "were instigated by my political opponents and are political puke — nothing more than recycled rumors, innuendo and lies".

Third, the respective activities are instigated by each person's own particular desire for the beautiful.

Motivation generally pertains to "the process whereby goal-directed activities are instigated and sustained" (Schunk et al. 2014, p. 5, italics in original).

If a fight is instigated by one side, then that side is to blame for instigating the fight.

Market research is typically conducted before a government formally approves taxpayer-funded advertising, because campaign guidelines say such activities "should only be instigated where a need is demonstrated... and the campaign is informed by appropriate research or evidence".

The former are instigated by eruptive activity (e.g., Nevado del Ruíz 1985, Pierson et al. [1990]), and thus within a stage of magmatic unrest.

The real price of tobacco increased several times, systematic preventive measures were instigated, and campaign activity was intensified.

Blatter announced in June that he would stand down as FIFA president when fresh elections are held, on February 26 next year, in the wake of corruption inquiries being instigated by both the US Department of Justice and the Swiss authorities into the organisation's activities.

Mine was instigated by a divorce.

This has been instigated by Big Ears.