formidable task
collocation in Englishmeaningsofformidableandtask
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formidable
adjective
uk/fɔːˈmɪd.ə.bəl/us/fɔːrˈmɪd.ə.bəl/
causing you to have fear or respect for something or someone because that thing or person is large, powerful, ...
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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 offormidableandtaskfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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It is certainly not my intention in this review to attempt such aformidabletask.
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This is aformidabletask, which is not followed up here.
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Even for those with the background knowledge, the canvassing is aformidabletask.
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The calculation of the elements of the scattering matrices can be aformidabletask.
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Realizing these win-win options is crucial, but it constitutes aformidabletask.
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Indeed, the declared aim of the meeting was to attempt some synthesis of these disparate but interdependent approaches, aformidabletask.
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This lack of clarity makes it aformidabletaskto distinguish concepts and raises doubts about the use of backlash as a conceptual tool.
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It argues that while the office offered a unique opportunity for a lawyer to combine a legal and political career, this was aformidabletaskand one rarely achieved.
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Changing the norms of a recent past of high birth rates (which had been paired with high infant/child mortalities) proved a moreformidabletaskthan was first expected.
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This is aformidabletask, since non-invasive electrodes are not adequately specific, and trans-cutaneous electrodes are not generally tolerable.
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He is clearly important enough to deserve a full biography, but writing one will be aformidabletask.
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But, of course, language acquisition involves not merely learning recursive structure, but a set of immensely intricate linguistic constraints - aformidabletask.
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The contributors were not unaware of theformidabletaskwhich reformers face, but several of them were prepared to suggest what appear to be constructive suggestions for tackling the problem.
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This can be checked by considering the outer limit of the inner expansion, which is a moreformidabletask.
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The kinetic theory approach is aformidabletask, even when one is armed with present computing capacity.
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It is, however, aformidabletaskto model the complex corporate revenue-generating process and the optimal revenue split between a pension plan and operating capital needs.
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It will have aformidabletaskwithout widening our scope to include all environmental protection functions.
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However great the new advantages given to us, that is indeed aformidabletaskto face.
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I wish him well in hisformidabletask.
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