Sentence examples for mission! from inspiring English sources
noun
A set of tasks that fulfills a purpose or duty; an assignment set by an employer.
Related: Australia has forfeited world leadership on climate policy, says Kofi Annan panel "So I am on a mission, I'm on an environmental crusade to go and motivate everyone to go in that direction".
Arnold Schwarzenegger is apparently on a mission to terminate the myth that protecting the environment hurts the economy.
As for fundamentalist Christian grievances with the school system – perceived as godless and unfriendly to their evangelical cause – Boston pointed out the "incredible mission field" that would be America's public school students.
The mission – which has already seen OPCW inspectors come under sniper fire – was agreed as a means to avoid US-led militactiontion against Syria following a gas attack blamed on forces loyal to Bashar al-Assad in August which killed more than 1,400 people.
The Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) has become the surprise choice for this year's Nobel peace prize, a decision the Oslo committee said recognised both its current, hazardous mission to destroy Syria's chemical weapons stocks and 16 years of wider global efforts.
"Any family can create a mission statement," says Wineke.
The foreign affairs ministers had reportedly said they would not actively search for the migrants but on Thursday Malaysia's premier, Najib Razak, ordered the navy and maritime officials to launch a search-and-rescue mission for the boat people.
We will fulfil our mission until the end".
The Mare Nostrum project is an Italian military mission that received about €30m from the European commission after the Lampedusa tragedy.
