Example sentences of "[noun sg] [vb pp] the task " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the play , which was to tour Britain before running in London 's West End , Crawford was cast as Runnicles , a bank clerk given the task of disposing of piles of pornography that is delivered to the manager and his wife . |
| 2 | Decisions as to political and social choice are made by the legislature , or by a person assigned the task by the legislature . |
| 3 | The man given the task of bringing the legend to life is Chelmsford-born Alex Bourne who is relishing this unabashed , foot-stomping , hand-clapping piece of rock and roll history . |
| 4 | It is almost as if the man assigned the task has been chosen by lot , except that the drawing seems to have been fixed . |
| 5 | Officials of the Bonn government and the Treuhandanstalt , the Berlin-based agency given the task of privatising thousands of state-owned firms , are keen that non-German companies move into eastern Germany too . |
| 6 | The Location of Offices Bureau , set up in 1963 , was a public agency given the task of persuading the business community that office dispersal from London was to its advantage . |