sheer complexity

collocation in English

meaningsofsheerandcomplexity

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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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complexity
noun
uk
/kəmˈplek.sə.ti/us
/kəmˈplek.sə.t̬i/
the state of having many parts and being difficult to understand or find an ...
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(Definition ofsheerandcomplexityfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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The reason is thesheercomplexityof the problem of modality choice.
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The underlying reason for the mixed messages on mentoring is thesheercomplexityof evaluative questions that need to be addressed.
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His argument brings out thesheercomplexityof the urban-rural interchange, of the place of sociability in status delineation, and of the interplay of private and public in gender differentiation.
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Thesheercomplexityof appropriation becomes clear if we consider that cultural forms and practices can be adopted only in part, or can acquire new meanings in a new context.
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Thesheercomplexityof this task and the suspicion among farmers toward such unprecedented intervention made some form of policy partnership between the government and farmers necessary.
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A further difficulty is thesheercomplexityof the voting system that is being introduced.
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The existing scheme provides reasonable support, but itssheercomplexitymakes it difficult for local authorities to administer it effectively.
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Many pensioners find that, because of thesheercomplexity, they do not access or take up the help that could otherwise be at their disposal.
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The problem is not just the number of amendments tabled, but theirsheercomplexityand intricacy.
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The second problem is thesheercomplexityof what is proposed.
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Problems will occur because of thesheercomplexityof the proposals, and it would be sensible to deal with those problems in detail now.
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The main point about the energy tax is itssheercomplexity.
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I appreciate that thesheercomplexityof this amendment must have made it almost impossible to get right.
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It demonstrates thesheercomplexityof the exercise.
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Thesheercomplexityof the system increases the risk of error.
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Thesheercomplexitymakes many people evaders almost by accident; the heaviness of the system makes many people evaders on purpose.
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That is figure 1 of the report, which may reassure some people, but itssheercomplexityrather alarms me.
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Many of the problems of the present system—and what are alleged to be breaches of it—arise from thesheercomplexityof the orders.
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Another reason is thesheercomplexityof the present arrangements, especially the guaranteed minimum pension regulations, which are to be simplified.
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Thesheercomplexityof this concept of franchising would be enormous.
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