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Meanings of necessary task in English

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Usage of necessary task in English
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The mere classification of the evidence was a momentous and necessary task.
The Reminiscences of Sir Henry Hawkins (Baron Brampton)
2
He needed to face the grim but necessary task, and complete it.
Sisterhood of Dune
3
Local media arrived some time afterwards to discharge their necessary task.
The Irish Times
4
Bracing himself for an unpleasant but necessary task, Geary called Vente.
Beyond The Frontier: Dreadnaught
5
Her eyes flinched from the necessary task of facing him down.
Nocturne
6
Then he and his two helpers carried out a painful but necessary task.
The Captain of the Kansas
7
Without further delay he set about a disagreeable but necessary task.
The Wings of the Morning
8
Even proud Scottish lawyers should embrace the supreme court for performing this necessary task.
The Guardian
9
Proving the obvious is not an amusing task, but it is sometimes a necessary task.
Modern Painting
10
There was one ugly and very necessary task.
Theodore Roosevelt: An Autobiography
11
War was looked upon as an unpleasant but necessary task that at times must be performed.
The Strength of the Strong
12
This necessary task on which Bobby had stumbled had made the thicket less congenial than the house.
The Abandoned Room
13
He knew that Silent Tom was happy, happy because he had prepared for and was achieving a necessary task.
The Eyes of the Woods: A Story of the Ancient Wilderness
14
The civilian population of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania (and not by their choice), was left an enormous but necessary task.
Reuters
15
For the moment, they were more like machines set in motion, programmed to carry out a distasteful but necessary task.
Paths not taken
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The only thing he feared was the publicity and opposition which might prevent him from carrying through his necessary task.
Modern Times
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