sheer amount
collocation in Englishmeaningsofsheerandamount
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sheer
adjective
uk/ʃɪər/us/ʃɪr/
used to emphasize how very great, important, or powerful a quality or feeling is; ...
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amount
noun[C]
uk/əˈmaʊnt/us/əˈmaʊnt/
a collection or mass, especially of something that cannot ...
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(Definition ofsheerandamountfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
Examplesofsheer amount
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Within the medieval section the themes become blurred because of thesheeramountof information.
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However,sheeramountof exposure has been called into question as a determiner of rate of vocabulary learning.
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Thesheeramountof environmental variance in a trait does not affect the rate of the trait's evolution.
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I am enormously grateful for thesheeramountof information contained in this book, and further agree that no general theory of empire is possible.
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Thesheeramountof technology at the university would have been intimidating had the faculty not undergone two weeks of training and orientation.
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But thesheeramountof this variation is misleading.
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One reason for this is thesheeramountof data and work involved compared to the small number of linguists working in the field.
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This rapid learning makes it uncertain how much effect differences insheeramountof exposure may have in causing differences of vocabulary size between children.
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Thesheeramountof meticulous research here presented leaves the reader almost in awe, yet sometimes one cannot help but feel that less might have been more.
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Similarly, thesheeramountof schooling, apart from quality, in backward countries, is important, and if schooling is unduly delayed, the possibility of mental growth diminishes.
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Moreover, thesheeramountof speech included in the corpora should provide a more complete and representative sample of children's vocabularies, reducing any concerns about underestimating vocabulary size.
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Despite the fact that the public could not participate, thesheeramountof media coverage of the race ensured that the race was held under public scrutiny.
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The first has been the enormous increase in thesheeramountof money demanded by the social services.
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The first is thesheeramountof money involved, the fact that the recurrent and capital grants now total well over £200 million.
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Thesheeramountof paperwork that modern bureaucracy demands of us every time we make an arrest is mind-boggling and acts as a major deterrent to us.
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If thesheeramountof damage done in financial terms is not enough to convince people, they should weigh the cost in terms of deprivation of enjoyment.
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Another criticism involves thesheeramountof participants' time these events consume.
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Sometimes the subject's current whereabouts are in the data, but are obfuscated by thesheeramountof information or disinformation.
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None of the footage dealt with major plot elements, but thesheeramountremoved resulted in a significantly different viewing experience.
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However, thesheeramountof these claims was considered scandalous, and the suspicion that political influence was at work could not be allayed.
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