Preposition: of

• happiness: But there is nothing flimsy about the pursuit of happiness.

• excellence: By helping key workers, we will underpin the pursuit of excellence in our public services.

• self-interest: The pursuit of narrow donor self-interests would be diminished because of its broad and inclusive approach.

• perfection: Furthermore, in a world obsessed by the pursuit of perfection, where do we set our ideas of ' normal ' ?

• truth: Here is a short list: The pursuit of truth.

• profit: Their needs are ignored in the pursuit of profit.

Converse of object

• evade: The ultimate cause of evolving locomotion with a low transport costs is to evade pursuit - at which the red deer is extremely good.

• abandon: Abandoning the pursuit of illegal weapons can lead to better relations with the United States, and other free nations.

• prefer: Emperor Huizong was a great patron of the arts who preferred artistic pursuits to the affairs of state.

• enjoy: As well as enjoying country pursuits, Ian Lancaster plays golf and skies.

Adjective modifier

• outdoor: We met in an outdoor pursuits center where we had access to a climbing wall.

• relentless: No charity shop bin, second hand record store or music fair is missed in their relentless pursuit of gems of forgotten music.

• trivial: And then we're going to watch the news and play Trivial Pursuit when the lights go out.

• recreational: This film follows the history of the canals, and explores their uses for recreational pursuits.

• dogged: However, the producers decided to drop the character in order to concentrate the action on Erskine's dogged pursuit of justice.

• single-minded: He was to devote the next ten years of his life to a single-minded pursuit of this goal.

Modifies a noun

• instructor: As qualified outdoor pursuits instructors they know the importance of careful planning, particularly on the high fells where weather conditions can change dramatically.

Noun used with modifier

• leisure: Shopping was becoming more of a leisure pursuit by the 1970s.

• sporting: Shopping and Leisure Doncaster has great shopping facilities, a vibrant nightlife and an array of leisure and sporting pursuits.

• countryside: In his later prose memoirs, he records in hypnotic and possibly obsessive detail the joys of nature and countryside pursuits.