1.   A distillation of the riches of the existing law would be a most formidable task.

2.   Achieving these targets will be a formidable task.

3.   How to tantalize our lower-middle-class students was a formidable task.

4.   Making money and turning out literate graduates are themselves formidable tasks, made none the easier when burdened with idealistic moral baggage.

5.   They face the formidable task of working out a peace plan.

6.   We have a formidable task ahead of us.

7.   Commenting on the investigation, the UK Civil Aviation Authority noted that while aircraft could be strengthened against smaller explosions, this presented a formidable task.

8.   It is a formidable task.

9.   American intelligence agents face the much more formidable task of penetrating the opaque societies of Afghanistan and northern Pakistan, where access frequently comes with blood ties.

10.   Analysts say Amelio faces a formidable task in making inroads into the lucrative world of business computers.