Martin Sokolinsky's fine rendition is equal to the task (even if he does mistranslate "hedgehog" as "porcupine" throughout).
But if their energy is equal to the task, it is not clear that the troops on whose votes they rely match their determination.
Carrying the burden of the action on their shoulders are two singers, who slip in and out of a wide range of roles; only one of them, Désirée Halac, a clear-voiced mezzo, is equal to the task.
But this week, in a do-nothing budget devoted to plastic bags and cavity-wall insulation (see article), Alistair Darling, Britain's hapless chancellor of the exchequer, showed he is equal to the task.
Our Newmarket contact reckons the upgraded Main Aim (2.30) is equal to the task in the opening Queen Anne Stakes, but that it could be worth opposing Sir Michael Stoute's Tartan Bearer in the Prince of Wales's Stakes on Wednesday with Twice Over (3.45).
A — I speak from the heart when I say to you that my candidate is a man unafraid, a man in whom there is no guile, who is equal to the task, whose name is a household word, who has worked untiringly, who is one of the outstanding, who has embarked on a career, who has not failed his country, who is a consistent advocate of, who has answered the call, and who will resist every attempt to encroach.
