monumental task

collocation in English

meaningsofmonumentalandtask

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monumental
adjective
uk
/ˌmɒn.jəˈmen.təl/us
/ˌmɑːn.jəˈmen.t̬əl/
very ...
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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 ofmonumentalandtaskfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofmonumental task

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Are the 1996 principles up to such amonumentaltask?
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This in itself was amonumentaltask.
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The authors of the archive engaged in amonumentaltaskof defining, classifying and re-inscribing social relations, living as they did in intensely confusing times.
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It is a monumental document and it was amonumentaltask.
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This is amonumentaltaskthat we are undertaking.
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I am certain that, whatever else we feel, we wish her well in hermonumentaltask.
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The men are taking on amonumentaltask.
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They have had amonumentaltaskto recover from that disaster.
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That it will be amonumentaltaskis without doubt.
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It will, however, have amonumentaltaskin this particular area.
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It was amonumentaltaskto try to unravel the facts and get to basic figures upon which to form a judgment.
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That will be amonumentaltask, and that is evident when we look at the overgrowth of political expediency and short-tennism which encrusts the present system.
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It would certainly be amonumentaltask.
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This is amonumentaltaskmade no easier by loose talk by some of enlargement being completed as early as 2002.
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To assign a precise value to that portion of the property transfer which might be deemed to be offset against child maintenance would be amonumentaltask.
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The completion of these records is not such amonumentaltaskas is sometimes supposed, and an established technique is available.
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Having said that, it would be churlish of me to fail to commend those responsible for thismonumentaltaskof micro-surgery.
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Now we face amonumentaltaskof reconstruction, which will take until after the end of this century to complete.
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It has been amonumentaltask, which has involved them in giving up many nights, evenings and weekends.
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My noble friend has amonumentaltaskin mastering the enormously authoritative arguments put to her by so many experts.
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