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sheer bulk

collocation in English

meanings of sheerand bulk


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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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bulk
noun
uk /bʌlk/ us /bʌlk/
something or someone that is ...
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Examples of sheer bulk


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As example piles up on example, description on description, the reader can hardly help but succumb to the sheerbulk of the evidence marshalled.
It is distinguished from this earlier work partly by its sheerbulk (almost three times as long), but also by its conceptual framework and organization.
It is obviously harder to discern bias in news reports and in any case the sheerbulk of material involved is daunting to say the least.
In my view, the sheerbulk on the site is a gross over-development of the site.
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Hansard archive

Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0
The size of its population and the sheerbulk of its trade would carry more weight than any of the individual members.
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Hansard archive

Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0
But it is, first, the sheerbulk of the amendments which is questionable.
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Hansard archive

Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0
Another practical consideration is the sheerbulk of files that would need to be examined and reorganised if retrospection were allowed.
From the
Hansard archive

Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0
Most apparent is their sheerbulk; complexes averaged more than 200 rooms each, and some enclosed up to 700 rooms.
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Wikipedia

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The sheerbulk of the car is reflected in its performance figures.
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Wikipedia

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The sheerbulk of a brainship makes it ill-suited to performing certain tasks.
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Wikipedia

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I think that they were slightly awestruck by the sheerbulk of information and work that could be hosted within the project.
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Wikipedia

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The result is that many newer players can be intimidated by the sheerbulk of the rulebook.
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Wikipedia

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In it he was portrayed as a coward he used his partner's sheerbulk to hide behind in battle, influencing his dimmer colleague to chaos and destruction.
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Wikipedia

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These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors.
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