Example sentences of "[verb] to the task of [v-ing] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In grateful respect to those who peacefully helped freedom prevail and who have unswervingly adhered to the task of establishing German unity and are achieving it , |
| 2 | I well remember , for example , friends numbered among Professor ( now Sir ) James Baddiley 's cohorts , all of them bent to the task of unscrambling the structures of different chunks of bacterial cell wall . |
| 3 | Three recent models addressing different aspects of the subjective perception of situations in terms of similarity and difference are applied to the task of measuring the interpretation of situations on an individual level . |
| 4 | The urgency which mainstream critics applied to the task of denouncing A Very British Coup was no doubt fuelled by the fact that the film was screened as a three-week serial , hence reviewers were in the unusual position ( for TV critics ) of being able to influence readers as to whether they would watch future episodes . |
| 5 | The third group of problems related to the task of trying to rehabilitate the large number of elderly long-stay patients with intractable illnesses . |
| 6 | Then , of course , she turned to the task of getting from Posi all available data about the planet Ardakke . |
| 7 | Anna returned to the task of removing the last , fibrous , old leeks of winter which would make , oh groan , yet more soup . |
| 8 | Since crimes usually involve positive , self-expressive acts , they are ideally suited to the task of asserting our autonomy . |
| 9 | Far from possessing the tact and sensitivity required to construct a harmonious relationship with the English church and restore Mary 's subjects ' confidence in the papacy , Paul was a rigid , inflexible pontiff who could hardly have been less suited to the task of cementing the reunion of England and Rome . |
| 10 | He was replaced by the able , but less flamboyant , Harold Watkinson , who was a sound administrator and ideally suited to the task of restoring Britain 's military balance . |
| 11 | His theory was developed for the purpose of giving an account of the way words have meanings , but it can easily be adapted to the task of representing the meanings of actions . |
| 12 | The bed settled to the task of holding the accused . |
| 13 | For a period of six months in British Airways all personnel and training staff were taken away from their normal duties and assigned to the task of helping with the process of change . |
| 14 | Now that the legal framework for the rest of the century appears to have been set attention can be given to the task of interpreting it for governors . |
| 15 | Sir Michael Edwardes was appointed to the task of rescuing the company in 1977 and in the next five years attempted to reduce excessive centralisation in the company and to improve efficiency , which involved many plant closures and redundancies . |
| 16 | However , although agencies take a lot of the work out of finding an employee , and can be particularly useful if interviewer(s) are part of a voluntary committee which has limited time to devote to the task of appointing new staff , they have the disadvantage that you are limited in your choice by the number of people who have themselves registered with the agency . |
| 17 | But we must now leave these tangential matters and return to the task of establishing what social anthropology is and does . |
| 18 | They remain dedicated to the task of setting up a group of integrated schools as a sector of education complementary to the existing system . |
| 19 | The Polish United Workers ' Party ( PUWP , or in its Polish acronym PZPR ) , since August 1989 no longer the ruling party but with four ministers in the Solidarity-led coalition government , opened on Jan. 27 its 11th and final congress , dedicated to the task of disbanding itself . |
| 20 | Every processor has its corresponding numeric coprocessor , a processor dedicated to the task of doing arithmetic and integrated with the main processor so that it can take over as required . |
| 21 | Again , there are those who would quarrel with this view but let me tell you that we all have a mentor , an inner teacher , a guardian angel , a being of light who protects us and is totally dedicated to the task of leading us to the point of self-realization , to bring about the harmony and peace for which we pray . |
| 22 | Particular attention is being paid to the task of connecting the models to be developed to the most important planning problems ; and so this will include , for example , the relationship between unemployment and the reshaping of the labour market through changing industrial and service structures . |
| 23 | Teachers must rise to the task of making sure that when parents come to judge schools they do so in a way which identifies — and , in so doing , promotes — genuine quality . |