mammoth task

collocation in English

meaningsofmammothandtask

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mammoth
adjective
uk
/ˈmæm.əθ/us
/ˈmæm.əθ/
extremely ...
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task
noun
uk
/tɑːsk/us
/tæsk/
a piece of work to be done, especially one done regularly, unwillingly, or ...
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(Definition ofmammothandtaskfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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This is clearly amammothtask, and one which a book of 242 pages is stretched to achieve.
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It is amammothtaskto cover these topics in many different countries (if indeed one accepts a developeddeveloping country dichotomy which in many ways is too simplistic).
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But, given the deplorable lack of investment over the years, even maintaining output at current levels will be amammothtask.
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For a sizeable firm of main contractors this can be amammothtask.
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This is amammothtask, but it is not all.
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Bad housing, low educational achievement and so on must be put right, but it is amammothtask.
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Countries have desperately cast around in search of spurious justifications for failing to fund themammothtaskof easing the path toward sustainable development.
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I have made it clear that we have amammothtaskahead to get the work on employers' premises schemes under way.
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It would be amammothtaskhere, but that does not mean that we should ignore it.
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Enforcement would be amammothtask, perhaps disproportionate to the nature of the offence.
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Of course, enforcing the process of compulsory voting would also be amammothtask, and perhaps disproportionate to the nature of the offence.
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Unfortunately, there are about 50,000 different tissue-type combinations, and it is amammothtaskto build up the register.
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They ought to be competent, efficient secretaries who can help with thatmammothtaskof mechanical correcting.
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It is interesting that microfiching covers 640,000 companies, so this is obviously amammothtaskwhich must be spread over a couple of years.
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It will be amammothtaskto perform.
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He has amammothtaskto protect the food supply for the consumer.
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It was undoubtedly amammothtaskwhich they undertook.
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Is it not amammothtaskfor family, friends and former pupils to have to seek to raise £30,000 in funding for private treatment?
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Facing us over the next years is amammothtaskof reconstruction and development.
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