exacting work

collocation in English

meaningsofexactingandwork

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exacting
adjective
uk
/ɪɡˈzæk.tɪŋ/us
/ɪɡˈzæk.tɪŋ/
demanding a lot of effort, care, ...
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work
noun
uk
/wɜːk/us
/wɝːk/
an activity, such as a job, that a person uses physical or mental effort to do, usually ...
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(Definition ofexactingandworkfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Consideration of which aircraft to use for thisexactingworkobviously had to be taken well in advance of the starting date of operations.
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The first is moreexactingworkor a major change in working practices.
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In all probability there are many people employed in the asylum who do just as hard andexactingworkas the male or female nurses.
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I urge the expansion of the training programme for such teachers, both long and short courses, for this specialised andexactingwork.
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This difficult andexactingworkis entrusted to personnel of proved integrity.
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We are giving themexactingworkof vital importance to the nation.
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It is tiring andexactingworkit needs their full attention, courage and patience.
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I know, perhaps, better than most people, the weight ofexactingwork, the thankless-ness of the task that has gone to the framing of this scheme.
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Theexactingworkcarried out by civil defence in that great disaster tested methods on control, rescue and welfare to the utmost, and has shown they are sound.
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They spent their weekdays in the rigorous andexactingworkof describing and classifying species.
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There are two types of sheaths, both of which requireexactingworkto create.
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Thisexactingworkoccupied the greater part of his time for fifteen years.
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A further aim is to provide a fellowship of like-minded evangelicals across the denominations for encouragement in anexactingwork.
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