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01. The Great Wall of China is the largest construction project ever [undertaken] by man.

02. The Louvre in Paris has [undertaken] to restore some old paintings that were damaged in a fire a couple of hundred years ago.

03. As a soldier in the war, he never shrank from the dangerous duties he was ordered to [undertake].

04. Remodeling the kitchen was a huge [undertaking] for us because we'd never done anything like it before.

05. She [undertook] to improve her chances of promotion by taking some night courses in personnel management.

06. Gretchen is an excellent worker who puts her best effort into every endeavor she [undertakes].

07. He [undertook] to learn French in preparation for his transfer to Paris.

08. The improvement in the company's finances occurred after management [undertook] to improve efficiency in its factories.

09. There are various approaches one can follow in attempting to [undertake] an analysis of a novel.

10. The school is [undertaking] to develop a new arts program.

11. H. Douglas Brown has noted that learning a second language is a long and complex [undertaking].

12. John Luton has [undertaken] a 5-year project to develop the cycle tourism industry in our city.

13. Working to reduce poverty in our society is an enormously complex [undertaking].

14. A recent report suggests that IBM will [undertake] a dramatic expansion in India and hire more than 14,000 staff.

15. The airline is expected to [undertake] a merger with its largest competitor within five years.

16. Students in their last year of the program are expected to [undertake] teaching duties of two hours per week.

17. The company has been forced to [undertake] a major re-structuring to avoid bankruptcy.

18. Women in her culture are expected to stay at home and do not [undertake] outside work.

19. The birds [undertake] a 1000-mile migration every year in the fall, and then again in the spring.

20. A Dutch proverb notes that he who [undertakes] many things at once seldom does anything well.

21. A German proverb observes that he who [undertakes] to be his own teacher has a fool for a pupil.

22. Alfred North Whitehead once noted that it requires a very unusual mind to [undertake] the analysis of the obvious.

23. Evenius once stated that the [undertaking] of a new action brings new strength.

24. Samuel Johnson once noted that self-confidence is the first requisite to great [undertakings].

25. Henry Drummond once stated that unless a man [undertakes] more than he possibly can do, he will never do all he can do.

26. Gertrude Stein once remarked, "I could [undertake] to be an efficient pupil if it were possible to find an efficient teacher."

27. W. Marshall Craig once noted that it is better to [undertake] a large task, and get it half done than to [undertake] nothing, and get it all done.

28. Woodrow Wilson once stated that no man that does not see visions will ever realize any high hope or [undertake] any high enterprise.

29. George Eliot once remarked, "The law and medicine should be very serious professions to [undertake], should they not? People's lives and fortunes depend on them."

30. Ronald Osborn once said, "[Undertake] something that is difficult; it will do you good. Unless you try to do something beyond what you have already mastered, you will never grow."

31. The funeral was arranged by a very professional [undertaker], who did a great job.

32. I would hate to work as an [undertaker] and be around dead bodies all day.

33. Since consulting with the [undertaker], we have decided to have my grandfather cremated rather than buried.