mission

mission
01. When the building blew up, we heard a man say, "[Mission] accomplished."
02. He worked as a [missionary] for the Mormon church in Japan for about two years.
03. They set up a Catholic [mission] in a remote region of Brazil.
04. Nelson Mandela went on a [mission] to promote African unity.
05. The U.N. [mission] to Iraq charged with verifying compliance to the ban on the development of weapons has been refused access to a suspected chemical warfare plant.
06. A jet fighter has crashed during a routine training [mission], killing the pilot and destroying the multi-million dollar aircraft.
07. Environmental activist Vicky Husband is on a [mission] to save the forests of British Columbia.
08. Richard Bach once said, "Here is the test to find whether your [mission] on earth is finished. If you're alive, it isn't."
09. Hockey goalie Patrick Roy seems like he is on a personal [mission] to win the Stanley Cup for teammate Ray Bourque.
10. The astronauts were killed by hostile aliens during their [mission] to Mars.
11. The reign of the Egyptian queen Hatshepsut was notable for its diplomatic [mission].
12. Craig Kielburger observed that children today are searching for real heroes with values and a [mission] in life; people who inspire them.
13. The Cassini spacecraft is scheduled to reach Saturn in 2004 for its four-year [mission] to study the planet.
14. Indian [missionaries] brought Buddhism to Sri Lanka in the third century B.C.
15. The five-year [mission] of the U.S.S. Enterprise, on the television show "Star Trek," was to explore strange new worlds, to seek out new life and new civilizations, to boldly go where no man has gone before.
16. People of the Jewish religion are not [missionaries], but they do welcome newcomers to their faith.

Grammatical examples in English. 2013.

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