The phrase "a delicate task in" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when describing a task that requires careful handling or sensitivity within a specific context or field.
Example: "Negotiating peace agreements can be a delicate task in international relations."
Alternatives: "a sensitive task in" or "a challenging task in".
But he faces a delicate task in assembling a cross-party team that can win a majority in parliament.
It also puts a delicate task in the hands of a man better known for his brashness.
The aim is to make the decision by consensus – a delicate task in an organisation with 159 members.
Ms. Centrello had a delicate task in finding a replacement for Ms. Godoff because the new job had less authority and financial independence.
Still, backers of the 844-page legislation — who include President Obama — were already facing a delicate task in trying to pass it in the next six weeks.
He faces a delicate task in trying to stake out common ground with conservative Christians, while not running afoul of deeply rooted evangelical sensitivities about any blurring of distinctions between Mormonism and conventional Protestantism.
This is a delicate task since in the grown-up world of love, theory and practice frequently part company, which is what Will and Maya's mother have recently done.
Interviewing North Koreans hiding in China was a delicate task that put them in great danger, and once we got two safe houses mixed up.
Precise characterization of morphologies by few simple geometrical parameters is often a quite delicate task, in particular because of the strong polydispersity of these systems.
Its new president Fahi Chehadé aims to improve this perception -- a delicate task even for this specialist in multistakeholder governance recalling that the Department of Commerce recently contradicted a decision by ICANN.
Mr. Romney was set to resume his schedule in Florida and Virginia, but he faced a delicate task of campaigning during a natural disaster.
