Sentence examples for set about a task from inspiring English sources

So the inspectors find themselves caught between powerful forces, the Americans and the Iraqis, each pushing in different directions, as they set about a task of huge technical and logistical complexity.

Of course, the first time Chinese officials seriously set about accomplishing this task they are immediately ensnared in a classic case of Catch-22.

Once the new institution had been formed, I retired to become a full-time artist, leaving Elaine to set about a formidable task, which she then undertook with impressive determination and leadership, characteristics I had first noticed when she was chair of the Council for Higher Education in Art & Design.

Each time the Impossible Mission Force (IMF) set about a new task, the viewer had to piece together the riddle of what was going on and work out how all the elements glimpsed in that week's burning-fuse opening credits – say, a box of bees, fumes from a ventilator, someone dangling in a lift shaft, Martin Landau peeling off a false moustache – would combine into a coherent narrative.

After the ailing Marshall retired in 1991, the first Bush administration set about a near-impossible task: finding a qualified black judge who would pursue the same political visions as those of the white, right-wing elite personified by Bush the elder.

After the early loss of Craig Kieswetter to an injudicious fence outside off stump and Kevin Pietersen for 19 to a run out, Cook and Jonathan Trott set about the task of building a platform as England put on 71 runs for the third wicket from 40-2.

He went to RADA and set about his task as a repertory actor in the early 1960s.

Mr Smith clearly set about his task with a thoroughness bred into generations of Whitehall civil servants.

Munster set about their task with a couple of surges from the man of the match, Donnacha Ryan, and James Coughlan almost leading to an early try.

He set about his task with a Lee-Enfield.303 rifle.

Groën set about his task by creating a car with a chic "about town" character.