But, as McGregor notes, the party does succeed at its main task, protecting itself.
That would still leave the main task of sparking the economy to life to monetary policy.
As such, his main task was to ensure that the pope remained impartial in the conflict.
To make the legislature's main task passing a budget easier, voters also lowered the required margin to a simple majority.
The main task turned to staffing up, with the lure of stock options.
For more than two decades, central banks' main task was to fight inflation.
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Ed Miliband's main task in his speech was to change perceptions and be seen as a future prime minister.
Getting the numbers -- 150 out of 225 -- is Kumaratunga's main task.
The main task of the review will be to find ways to reduce reliance on the state by encouraging private provision.
"The main task is the modernisation of our armed forces, " he said.
He stressed the need to focus on "the main task - to move toward resolving the issues of the Iranian nuclear programme".
And it now looks like they won't even finish their main task.
Since Masaru Hayami, the bank's governor, has so clearly failed in his main task of ensuring price stability, he should be sacked.
Writing the programs that do this has been the team's main task.
The main task of economics has been to understand this astonishing process.
These UAVs should have the main task of finding and attacking PLA SAM sites that will severely restrict Taiwan Air Force defense operations.
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These exercises in humiliation diverted attention from the committee's and the government's main task, which is to create a sounder banking system for the future.
The president's main task is to get the conservatives to support his efforts to improve ties with the West, especially the United States.
Mr Koizumi's other main task is to avoid an electoral catastrophe for his party this July in the election to the upper house.
Algeria Football Federation (Faf) president Mohamed Raouraoua said Fergani's main task is to secure qualification for the 2006 African Cup of Nations finals in Egypt.
"The Russian presidency's main task will be to focus the G-20's efforts on developing measures to stimulate economic growth and create jobs, " Putin said at the time.
In large part this is because the administration has seen the incumbent's main task as selling policy made in the White House based largely on political concerns.
We are a poor nation getting poorer and the main task of a post referendum Wales is to focus determination, policy and resources on reversing that trend, decisively.
The Alpha experiment's main task is to study the energy levels within antihydrogen, to spot any differences between it and the hydrogen that physicists know to extraordinary precision.
Its main task is to watch over the good fulfilment of that law, which was promulgated on August 20, 2008 and came into force on April 20, 2009.
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The 62-year-old has signed an 18-month contract and his main task will be to try and qualify Togo to the World Cup and Africa Cup of Nations next year.
And for a big teleco like us, we have to find a new business model, which will be focused, of course, on first our network, because it's our main task.
Like many other dictatorships, the money goes to the pockets of those in high places and to the various security forces whose main task is to keep the regime in power.
But the two bureaucracies have different cultures: one is hierarchical and has focused on paying benefits, while the other sees its main task as social caretaking and has a reputation for independence.
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The main task of the full signature period we regard as achieving the ratification of the treaty, as mentioned by my colleague, Mr. President of the United States, and it is also important to synchronize the ratification process.
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