Sentence examples for the serious task of from inspiring English sources

Those dreams can seem too insubstantial and elusive to tangle with, a distraction from the serious task of changing the world.

"We will honor his memory by remaining resolute and committed to the serious task of securing our nation's borders," she said.

Once I'd adjusted to the heat and the slow pace, I began leaving my aerie at La Finca more often, assigning myself the serious task of choosing my favorite among the island's many restaurants.

For these young Americans, the past few days have been their waking life, cranked up to the max, and everything to come — the serious task of studying, graduating, and growing up — will be a dream.

Sandy Alderson continued to show his lighter side Tuesday, one day before he begins his drive to Florida to start the serious task of guiding the Mets through their 2012 campaign.

As a Queens jury turned to the serious task of deciding whether to sentence to death a man convicted of murdering five workers at a Wendy's restaurant in Queens, his defense lawyer yesterday asked jurors to search their souls for mercy.

"These exercises in compulsory origami may be of theoretical interest," Ms. Paulsen and Mr. Gastil wrote, "but they avoid the more serious task of preparing a compelling plan for the public spaces on the ground around them".

"The deadly serious task of rating chronometers," as the historian Alexis McCrossen has called it, forced crews to lug the delicate devices ashore and pay agents to maintain them.

They will have the very serious task of clearing mines which have been laid by the various contending forces along the border between Angola and Namibia".

Yet, despite how fraught the issues are, Schneiderman says his investigation isn't actually about net neutrality ― it's about the far more serious task of protecting the integrity of our democratic process.

In televised public service announcements, Harry Belafonte talks about the serious tasks facing the United Nations gathering.