"The major task was to look whether it is in the city's financial interest to do this or not," she said.
Their mother has a major task in keeping track of them all.
I know that is the major task facing the government, and we've got to do it.
And that is a major task, particularly with lawmakers new to Washington.
His major task was the keeping of state budget's balance.
There are major tasks in store for us over the next few years.
A major task for Turkey is to do this in the very near future.
This will be the major task of the next century.
In some important areas we are, however, still faced with major and difficult tasks.
The rest he can sell, though getting the produce to market is a major task.
Her principal task was to come to the rescue of disabled ships at sea.
Its principal task is "to preserve the past for the future".
Part of the reason for the commission's indecision may have been the way it took on its principal task.
The bank board's principal task was getting depositors their money.
The girls' principal task was just to be there and keep an eye on the prisoners.
For years its principal task was to give structure to other wines, to beef them up, as it were.
His principal task, he said, was to provide work for the unemployed and get the country back on its economic feet.
Parliament' s principal task is to determine what the core political questions are, and not beat around the bush.
The principal task ahead is to consolidate support at home.
Howard would have no one to report to, or take orders from, until he had completed his principal task.
We don't have any more major assignments except for the research paper.
He spent 12 years on various sections of this line before his next major assignment.
This was his last major assignment before retiring on April 30, 1955.
Primarily because few people believed he could accomplish the major assignment given him.
Her first major assignment was to conclude peace with that country.
I am finding it impossible to discipline myself into spending 52 minutes on six major assignments each day.
"That is in addition to a major writing assignment each day."
His major assignment resulted in the formulation of a national drug policy.
So many field officers on their first major assignment reported every- thing, as though writing a book or something.
Atheistic education was regarded as a central task of Soviet schools.
It is axiomatic that the next mayor's central task will be rebuilding.
He described economic development as the nation's central task and said China must persevere with the introduction of market forces.
It is useful to outline 3 central tasks which are being undertaken.
Managing expectations in a wired but unequal world will be a central task of the future.
Our central task is not just to understand the past but also to relate the past to the present.
A central task from the start was enlightenment of the people, in particular by providing speakers to the local chapters.
"I go to my boss after the division has finished its central task and done it well."
One of the new leader's central tasks will be to shore up not only the country but also his party.
Let me remind you that the central task of any government is to protect the human rights of its civilian population.