sheer difficulty

collocation in English

meaningsofsheeranddifficulty

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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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difficulty
noun
uk
/ˈdɪf.ɪ.kəl.ti/us
/ˈdɪf.ə.kəl.t̬i/
the fact of not being easy to do ...
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(Definition ofsheeranddifficultyfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Indeed, part of the reason some authors have doubted that people store frequentistic information is thesheerdifficultyof learning it by these other means.
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Aside from anything else, this would ignore thesheerdifficultyof their task, given their reliance on secondary sources and eighteenth-century modes of communication and transportation.
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Thesheerdifficultyof funding that amount is a material factor in connection with the level of interest rates.
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It is not so much the cost, it is thesheerdifficultyof this.
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But at present thesheerdifficultyof finding sites for construction does not make the programme possible.
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I pay tribute to thesheerdifficultyof being an effective teacher.
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Thesheerdifficultyof movement has not been fully understood, although stories have appeared about the organisation of convoys.
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I think that it is because of thesheerdifficultyof translating into reality the splendid idea of shared responsibility.
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What is to be done about thesheerdifficultyof collection?
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It is simply thesheerdifficultyof defining the term in a manner which satisfies all legitimate interest.
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Rather, it was a reflection of thesheerdifficultyof producing practical guidance that was widely acceptable where there are strongly held differences of opinion.
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At every turn one is reminded of thesheerdifficultyof arriving at a workable compromise.
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We would also face thesheerdifficultyof moving the amount of aid required.
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After conflict, we have thesheerdifficultyof making sure that our intervention is successful.
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Not only do we deny this, but we wish to emphasise once again thesheerdifficultyof obtaining sufficient technical staff of the right calibre.
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The problems that have to be faced include thesheerdifficultyof building a democratic system in countries that have little or no experience of it.
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The second is thesheerdifficultyof budgeting forward on what may be a very expensive scheme, riot knowing for how many years it will be necessary to do it.
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People argue that service marks are protected by common law, but thesheerdifficultyof gathering sufficient evidence to bring a case that is likely to succeed is overwhelming.
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