sheer bulk

collocation in English

meaningsofsheerandbulk

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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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bulk
noun
uk
/bʌlk/us
/bʌlk/
something or someone that is ...
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(Definition ofsheerandbulkfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofsheer bulk

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As example piles up on example, description on description, the reader can hardly help but succumb to thesheerbulkof the evidence marshalled.
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It is distinguished from this earlier work partly by itssheerbulk(almost three times as long), but also by its conceptual framework and organization.
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It is obviously harder to discern bias in news reports and in any case thesheerbulkof material involved is daunting to say the least.
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In my view, thesheerbulkon the site is a gross over-development of the site.
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The size of its population and thesheerbulkof its trade would carry more weight than any of the individual members.
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But it is, first, thesheerbulkof the amendments which is questionable.
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Another practical consideration is thesheerbulkof files that would need to be examined and reorganised if retrospection were allowed.
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Most apparent is theirsheerbulk; complexes averaged more than 200 rooms each, and some enclosed up to 700 rooms.
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Thesheerbulkof the car is reflected in its performance figures.
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Thesheerbulkof a brainship makes it ill-suited to performing certain tasks.
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I think that they were slightly awestruck by thesheerbulkof information and work that could be hosted within the project.
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The result is that many newer players can be intimidated by thesheerbulkof the rulebook.
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In it he was portrayed as a coward he used his partner'ssheerbulkto hide behind in battle, influencing his dimmer colleague to chaos and destruction.
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