sheer weight
collocation in Englishmeaningsofsheerandweight
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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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weight
noun
uk/weɪt/us/weɪt/
the amount that something or ...
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(Definition ofsheerandweightfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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Thesheerweightof such evidence has inspired over a score of research teams to conduct reviews of the available research on mentoring and, of these, five are considered here.
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But itssheerweight, about four kilograms, makes it seriously difficult to read, especially by anyone who needs to lift it a little to bring it into focus.
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Part of the explanation is, of course, thesheerweightof poetic simplexes appearing in this poem, which are due to the poem's heroic content.
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Whatever the strengths or weaknesses of the new arguments they began to impose themselves bysheerweightof repetition.
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Thesheerweightof textual reference in the word enté makes it a necessary, and not merely a relevant context for musical practice.
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In addition, public pension plans will collapse under thesheerweightof the numbers of older people.
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Thesheerweightof words has encouraged a small but necessary measure of authorial duplication, as well as the minimalist cross-referencing procedures.
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First, there is thesheerweightof extra tax which it imposes and provides for.
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There is also thesheerweightof legislation.
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Thesheerweightof numbers will make that inevitable.
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Thesheerweightof numbers pushed me through the police, and my glasses fell off.
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There is thesheerweightof number of scholarships offered in the arts.
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There is also thesheerweightof business.
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These firms say that they are absolutely clogged by thesheerweightof purely unproductive work.
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Thesheerweightof this authority would put the rest of the country into the shade.
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The proposals could then founder beneath thesheerweightof the agenda items.
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Another consideration was thesheerweightof interest which these sponsorships aroused.
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Each defence line in turn has had to be abandoned under thesheerweightof evidence.
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The gallant beast is ultimately borne down bysheerweightof numbers.
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Thesheerweightof work is colossal and is quite demoralising to the staff.
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