crucial task

collocation in English

meaningsofcrucialandtask

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crucial
adjective
uk
/ˈkruː.ʃəl/us
/ˈkruː.ʃəl/
extremely important ...
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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 ofcrucialandtaskfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Acrucialtaskfor social policy is then to increase information about existing norms, making content and scope explicit.
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Besides, it diverted energy and resources from thecrucialtaskof modernising pensions, to which it had little to contribute.
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However, acrucialtaskremaining is to build a public sector that is responsive to the needs of the private sector.
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Thus, thecrucialtaskwas to define homogeneous typical areas and select "typical villages" from these, in order to highlight the differences among the areas.
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The working out of this relationship, however, is acrucialtasknot only for the individual mourner but for society too.
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The paper distinguishes itself by focusing on how the properties are used for thecrucialtaskof 'constructing' programs, rather than on the post hoc verification of existing programs.
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Determining what these distinguishing features are is acrucialtasksince the resulting identification will have a bearing on the choice of historical material to be gathered into sequential order.
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Prevention of depression in this age range is considered a particularlycrucialtask, given that the prevalence rates of depression increase dramatically during the adolescent years.
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Therefore, thecrucialtaskfor this science is to define the external behavioral characteristics that any system of cognition is supposed to exhibit.
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Acrucialtaskset up for property rights economics is to show how the content of property rights affects the allocation and use of resources.
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Yet reconstructing the ' forgotten' in musical history is acrucialtask, lest the known and familiar stand in for the whole story.
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Providing information on flood risk in local communities is acrucialtask.
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This is acrucialtask, and not an impossible one.
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Acrucialtaskof public representatives is to keep a very sharp eye on public expenditure.
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Acrucialtaskhas been the relocation of many of those businesses.
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Surely thecrucialtaskof economic industrial aid is to prevent the disease of industrial decline and decay before that process has gone too far.
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That links, appropriately, what happens in our schools with the role that parents can play in thecrucialtaskof educating people.
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These officials have thecrucialtaskof preparing and appraising projects, controlling tendering procedures, monitoring the technical and financial aspects of development, and evaluating the completed projects.
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Thecrucialtaskis to make sure that the elections, whatever the reservations expressed on the way to them, are a resounding success.
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Thecrucialtaskahead is much greater.
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