Sentence examples for taking on a task from inspiring English sources

That may mean taking on a task or two to free them up, or reminding them to delegate, renegotiate deadlines or reprioritize.

He also became Mr. bin Laden's cook, taking on a task that most of the other "brothers" shunned, the F.B.I. summary quotes him as saying.

Now, Mr. Cox, 62, is re-entering public life, taking on a task that many see as impossible: reviving the demoralized and shrunken Republican Party in New York State.

Whoever succeeds Salmon as head of the prime public service channel on British television will be taking on a task that will either be the pinnacle of their career, or turn them into a nervous wreck.

And he has taken on a task so difficult that merely averting disaster may be the only triumph.

Now the younger generation, for whom the Gorbachev years are but a childhood memory, has taken on a task greater than merely explaining to Mr. Putin that it is not his alone to decide when he goes.

When a friend or family members take on a task, a simple stoplight system notes which tasks are up for grabs, which have been claimed, and which have been completed.

Once you take on a task, you have to finish it.

And God above all help me; I've taken on a task that well may break my bones.

— to ask a young woman to take on a task that we approached with trepidation.

The agency took on a task described in its documents as "overseas interrogations".