The phrase "an epic undertaking" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe a project or task that is grand in scale, ambitious, or requires significant effort and resources.
Example: "The construction of the new bridge was an epic undertaking that took several years to complete."
Alternatives: "a monumental task" or "a grand endeavor."
And, last but not least, an epic undertaking: "Lawrence in Arabia: War, Deceit, Imperial Folly, and the Making of the Modern Middle East," by my brother Scott Anderson.
The album may represent a more personal effort than her previous releases "Dangerously in Love" (2003) and "B'Day" (2006), but a Beyoncé record remains an epic undertaking.
Performing Bruckner's last three symphonies over five days, with the Seventh and Ninth prefaced by a Mozart concerto directed from the piano, doesn't carry quite the same sense of an epic undertaking, though it would doubtless defeat many lesser musicians.
Netherland certainly has the scope and sweep of such an epic undertaking, even if its narrator sees America though half-closed eyes and, in the end, possesses neither the ruthlessness nor ambition to become a great American success.
The same composer who did [the music for] The World's End also did Gravity, and I know Alfonso (Cuarón) reasonably well, so I've been aware of this movie since 2010 and heard tales of what an epic undertaking it was.
Constructing a successor to the Hubble Space Telescope has been an epic undertaking involving more than 1000 people in 17 countries over 2 decades.
The shoot itself, according to Meirelles, was another epic undertaking.
Two other books about incredible solo female journeys have recently been adapted for film - Wild, about Cheryl Strayed's Pacific Crest Trail walk, and Tracks, about Robyn Davidson's 1970s solo outback crossing – and the book will appeal to readers interested in a similarly epic undertaking.
The highly endemic ultramarine blue flower was discovered during an epic expedition undertaken by Chinese botanists who trekked 60 miles from the nearest road and descended into the Namcha Barwa canyon, a gorge measuring almost 402 miles long and, in places, twice as deep as the Grand Canyon, which can reach depths of up to 6,000 feet.
We had to take the bold step of saying, 'How do we make this guy an action hero?' " The Dante's Inferno game, which Electronic Arts is releasing for the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 consoles on Feb. 9, is its own epic undertaking: an unapologetic attempt to build an entertainment franchise around a 700-year-old literary masterpiece.
The Grand Stairway's steps were painstakingly hewn with picks, shovels and dynamite in the early 1900s and this epic undertaking is detailed in a series of interpretive boards along the route.
