Example sentences of "[pn reflx] to the task " in BNC.
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| 1 | The gusto with which he designed these posters shows how whole-heartedly he gave himself to the task in hand . |
| 2 | Firmly , however , he regrouped and readdressed himself to the task . |
| 3 | The image of ‘ basket power ’ possessed by women cooperators was a formidable and persistent one , and the guild applied itself to the task of arousing women to a sense of this leverage . |
| 4 | Any such scheme must also plan for permanent accommodation and personal assistance ; indeed it was the difficult experience of getting district councils within their area to house people who had tried out the transition project and wanted to live independently which prompted one SSD to address itself to the task of influencing local housing authorities . |
| 5 | Sandra had virtually given up her career to devote herself to the task of keeping house and raising a family , though , in that respect , the relationship did not mature as she had hoped . |
| 6 | One woman derelict told her that after living with three husbands for twenty-five years she had decided to give them up and devote herself to the task of viewing the Cathedrals and Abbeys of the British Isles . |
| 7 | She addressed herself to the task with her usual imperiousness and dragged Owen and Mahmoud along in her wake . |
| 8 | ‘ One day , if I write my memoirs — the only thing I shall write well , if ever I put myself to the task of doing it — you will find a place in them , and what a place ! |
| 9 | I keep silent and simply apply myself to the task of closing the fridge door . |