Sentence examples for were left the task from inspiring English sources

Following my father's funeral, my sister and I were left the task of cleaning out his house.

It's an unprecedented amount of power, but we have faith that we're leaving the task in good hands.

However, critics noted that the umpires were left the difficult task of interpreting the intentions of batsmen.

Micronesia President Peter Christian said Pacific islanders fear that the ocean has been left the insurmountable task of healing itself after being used as "a dumping ground for industrial waste" and to absorb other pollution. .

Racketeer influence is growing in several key unions but the federation is leaving the cleanup task to the police and the FBI.

Prime Minister Gordon Brown, lagging behind the opposition Conservative Party in opinion polls, is leaving the challenging task of reducing the deficit to the next government.

Now astronomers were left with the task of determining the nature of the other 95% of the matter and energy in the universe.

In the final stages of the synthesis, we were left with the tasks of cyclizing the amine into the pendant imino ether to afford amidine 23 and removal of the PMB protecting group to access the natural product (1).

So many men were killed during the years of fighting, that women were left with the daunting task of picking up the pieces and rebuilding their lives.

Arsene Wenger's men were left with the daunting task of taking something from two consecutive games against the Bundesliga champions but, on Tuesday night, they took three points at the first attempt.

After his death, Trillin writes, his parents were left with the unnatural task of deciding how to remember him: as a soldier who died for his country, or as a civilian who was swept up in the current of war.