It is clear that these people are trying their best at what they consider to be a hopeless task.

But the men did not continue their hopeless task for long.

A few have become internationally known, but it often seems a hopeless task.

The one that was left began its almost equally hopeless task.

We must not risk our men on a hopeless task.

It would be a hopeless task to search through about 100,000 buildings.

I tried to think that through, then gave it up as a hopeless task.

It was, in the end, a hopeless task, of course.

Europe is right to set human rights standards for the world, even though this sometimes seems a hopeless task.

Frank was a religious man, and he had taken on the rather hopeless task of trying to save our souls.