sheer necessity

collocation in English

meaningsofsheerandnecessity

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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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necessity
noun
uk
/nəˈses.ə.ti/us
/nəˈses.ə.t̬i/
the need ...
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(Definition ofsheerandnecessityfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Only anthropomorphism can admit the second term of the dilemma and therefore, fromsheernecessity, we must keep to the first.
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This development is forced by thesheernecessityof the growth of our motoring problem.
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Therefore, thesheernecessityof defence and the preservation of international law and order, are bound to drive nations on.
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He went on working until he was in his eighties, fromsheernecessity.
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This is a matter ofsheernecessity, as these people may be cut off for weeks by heavy snowfalls or icebound roads.
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This is being brought about by thesheernecessityto have efficiency in order to meet competition.
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On the ground ofsheernecessity, we have to produce food as we did in the war, to meet the immediate situation.
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They have been driven out bysheernecessity, by the inadequacy of land for further development.
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It is unfortunate that, ofsheernecessity, many provincial suburban services are provided by ageing diesel multiple units.
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In my experience, most people use public transport out ofsheernecessity.
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To-day we are asked, undersheernecessity, to invite the taxpayer to pay for the re-fertilisation of the soil.
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Our rate of expenditure is already too high, but we shall have to increase that heavy burden throughsheernecessityin this preparation for war.
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Conditions exist now owing to overcrowding in some of those institutions which cannot be excused by anything butsheernecessity.
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He will be forced bysheernecessityto reduce his expenditure by a larger amount than that, or he will be forced to borrow.
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We were driven to it bysheernecessity.
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This shows that where free milk is made available there is widespread recognition of its nutritional value, its sheer enjoyability, and itssheernecessity.
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The municipal authorities, therefore, had to step in as a matter ofsheernecessity.
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We are not told that these were all cut out in the 1974 review and have had to be restored throughsheernecessity.
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For example, in the case of sugar, we have done it out ofsheernecessity.
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The staff were compelled bysheernecessityto bring about amalgamation.
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