onerous task
collocation in Englishmeaningsofonerousandtask
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onerous
adjective
uk/ˈəʊ.nər.əs/us/ˈɑː.nɚ.əs/
difficult to do or needing a lot ...
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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 ofonerousandtaskfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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The case analysis of a large number of sentences can be anoneroustaskwhen performed by hand.
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The county committees were thus left with theoneroustaskof managing many sequestered estates on the behalf of the state.
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Given the brevity of most office visits, the challenge of detecting and assessing depression in so many polysymptomatic patients can be anoneroustask.
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Obviously, saving for school fees became an even moreoneroustaskfor widows who did not have wage-earning husbands.
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Note that we are not attempting to estimate the trade-induced scale and technique effects, a moreoneroustaskthan estimating the trade-induced composition effect.
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This would add an unnecessary overhead onto an alreadyoneroustask.
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In fact, he has shown that he has all the essentials needed for thisoneroustask.
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It has been a weighty andoneroustask, but both rapporteurs have carried it out extremely well.
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All of us are therefore beholden especially those who have theoneroustaskof governing on our behalf, to remove unnecessary barriers to adoption.
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I have full confidence in the ability of his two successors to fulfil theironeroustask.
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It seems a fairlyoneroustaskfor them to collect these separate benefits.
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There is nothing to be gained by saying that a large number of civil servants will be required to carry out thisoneroustask.
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As there are only three local authority zoos, it is not estimated that this will be a veryoneroustask.
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Understanding and sympathy can always be found among people who have been through these particular offices, which constitute a veryoneroustask.
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I say only that she has an extremelyoneroustaskin relation to that hospital.
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That seems an extraordinarilyoneroustaskto place upon the officials concerned.
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Casting a vote once every four years is hardly anoneroustask.
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Of course, this will be a veryoneroustask.
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He is responsible for our security—and never has that been a moreoneroustaskthan in recent years.
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If these provisions are implemented, those responsible for pursuing people who travel without tickets will probably have anoneroustask.
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