Her principal task was to come to the rescue of disabled ships at sea.

Its principal task is "to preserve the past for the future".

Part of the reason for the commission's indecision may have been the way it took on its principal task.

The bank board's principal task was getting depositors their money.

The girls' principal task was just to be there and keep an eye on the prisoners.

For years its principal task was to give structure to other wines, to beef them up, as it were.

His principal task, he said, was to provide work for the unemployed and get the country back on its economic feet.

Parliament' s principal task is to determine what the core political questions are, and not beat around the bush.

The principal task ahead is to consolidate support at home.

Howard would have no one to report to, or take orders from, until he had completed his principal task.