sheer diversity

collocation in English

meaningsofsheeranddiversity

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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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diversity
noun[S or U]
uk
/daɪˈvɜː.sə.ti/us
/dɪˈvɝː.sə.t̬i/
the fact of many different types of things or people being included in something; a range of different things ...
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(Definition ofsheeranddiversityfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofsheer diversity

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Due to thesheerdiversityand scope of the commentaries, we have grouped our reply into a number of perspectives shared by commentators.
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However, theirsheerdiversityseems to have left the author struggling with how best to structure her material - ordering of the text by geographical region is not entirely successful.
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Thesheerdiversityof the trust's businesses is amazing.
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We have covered thesheerdiversityof the countryside, economic viability, enterprise and opportunity.
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It is increasingly vulnerable to prescriptive edicts and formulae, regardless of thesheerdiversityof circumstances which lie out there.
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Thesheerdiversityof the existing appeals can be, in itself, a problem for business.
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It will need to be fully accountable to accommodate thesheerdiversityof all its member states.
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Thesheerdiversityof the methods of selling life assurance and unit trusts is a good reason for not having a universal register.
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With regard to the specific issue of charging, one must recognise that given thesheerdiversityof the sector different institutions perceive that they have different needs.
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Of perhaps greater significance is the unbridled economic growth that was spurred on by thesheerdiversityof opportunities available in the region.
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Perhaps the largest obstacle to testing occurs with thesheerdiversityof nanoparticles, of which the only unifying factor is their minuscule size.
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Firstly, thesheerdiversityof the communities is exemplary.
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Its mixture of styles was both praised assheerdiversityand criticised as having a hotch-potch feel.
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The aim is to bring to light thesheerdiversityand calibre of music being made on these shores, and to bring new music, live or recorded, to air.
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The variety of style and colour within their ceremonial regalia expresses thesheerdiversitywithin the denominations, drawing awareness to the remarkably plural social characteristics in this coastal state.
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