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He said he was overwhelmed by the sheer number of them.

With her downstairs windows open, she can smell the honeysuckle in her yard. She loves the look of her sheer curtains blowing in the breeze.

way boys looked at her when she wore a bathing suit or a sheer blouse. As if it were undressing her with its eyes.

He has fought his way out of a number of tight corners by a simple combination of sheer luck and more talented friends.

I wasn't prepared for the fact that the sheer weight of my love for her would reduce me to tears on a daily basis.

The sheer amount of money you save from not having a car was one of my first reasons for ditching the gas guzzler.

One is the sheer size of that particular group. As birth rates have come down, subsequent generations have turned out to be a lot smaller.

The sheer size of the Internet makes it a candidate for the backbone of the Information Superhighway.

Sheer joy and happiness -Wang Yue is now home. But he has lost weight and that's not going to please his mother.

The sheer diversity of these bodies' masses, sizes, compositions and orbits challenges those of us trying to fathom their origins.

Soft shimmery golden-copper beige. Somewhat sheer, and works great as a highlight or to liven up a matte shadow.

Another key aspect of the local culture which is often overlooked is its sheer enormity.

Another is the sheer convenience of being able to trawl through hundreds of profiles without having to leave the comfort of your home.

Recently, he said that sheer size, in terms of market capitalisation, is not the right yardstick to measure the bank's might.

Their sheer size may be enough in itself to propel them into a niche at the top of the market where competition is less fierce.

Amid this challenging environment, Wal-Mart faces another hurdle: Its sheer size makes it a target, analysts said.

His success was the result of his unusual combination of technical smarts, strategic vision, flair for design and sheer force of character.

so fabric is slightly sheer and you can see shape of your hand behind fabric when you hold it up to the light.

It is the sort of a bit sheer dress, can have very good light sometimes, according to the backlighting on sex person.

He's going to be a bonafide rebounder , night in and night out, and a lot of his scoring is through sheer effort.

Perhaps he might have done more to capture the sheer weirdness of Dickens's fictional world.

What I allude to is the unbroken and agonizing ugliness, the sheer revolting monstrousness, of every house in sight.

HP's sheer size and its diversity of business give it a unique profile.

The sheer power of the attack causes a strong recoil, causing you to be knocked down after the attack.

Once, a woman asks him how ability turns the attention of her husband to her body from TV, he replies: "Wear sheer dress. "

Year 2008 was one of the most remarkable years for Chelsea, just pipping the year 2007 in terms of sheer drama and excitement.

However, stating ozone has no known medical uses is nothing short of sheer lunacy.

Climber Renan Ozturk makes his way up the sheer cliff face that houses the remote Mustang caves in 2008.

God gets me into a relationship with Himself whereby I understand His call, then I do things out of sheer love for Him on my own account.

It is all the other lines that have become distorted and muffled by the sheer amount of stuff out there.

Yet the matter is not as cut and dried as it seems, mostly because of the sheer size of the funds.

A fine, sheer fabric made of cotton and of various fibers.

and he allows the trial to go on in the same way as the first, then you could say all his words were sheer hypocrisy.

Mr. Blair told reporters in London the verdict handed down against Saddam Hussein, is a reminder of the "sheer terror" of that regime.

When the reconstruction began, local people from sheer habit decided that they were going to make a casino or a hotel out of it.

Tomatoes may be good for you, Tom, but I think eating so much pizza would be sheer tomfoolery .

I wasn't scared but I was surprised as he started stroking me, though my overriding sensation was one of sheer pleasure.

It is sheer nonsense claiming to be an excellent volunteer without love and a sense of responsibility.

You do not have to know too much about Gallic pride to imagine the sheer horror such a possibility elicits among the Parisian elites.

Over the next few days, the skin will start to redden and many small blisters will appear above the skin filled with sheer yellowish fluid.

the meaning of life in general seems to me, from an objective point of view, to be sheer folly.

As much as I hate to say it, I think China will pass us up in terms of military might just by the sheer numbers of China's population.

The Duchess of Cambridge has been criticised for her love of Eighties-style sheer hosiery, which has sparked a bit of a following.

Sheer necessity had made the poor girl so miserly that Gtandet had come to feel the affection for her a man feels for his dog.

The centre is still operating today and through sheer serendipity we booked into a guesthouse less than fifty metres away.

Aside from burning a few bridges, he ensured that the two weeks' notice he gave turned into two weeks of sheer misery.

But Pu Be, the monastery's chief lama, said the sheer number of corpses made such a ceremony impossible.

For sheer Frankenstein wattage the purposeful creation of these animal monsters has no equal.

He decided to draw the general reader into his subject with the sheer beauty of its images.

They come out of sheer curiosity, or to behold the vast spaces bursting with thousands of gadgets and creature comforts.

Here are songs of the dark treasures of the abyss, soaring up to the sheer cliffs of bliss.

It was a sheer chance of history that made him chairman of the KMT. Inwardly, he may not feel he should be responsible to his party.

moreover, so insistent was the spur within me that to stop my poetic adventure was a matter of sheer impossibility.

Seal said the study's most dramatic finding was the sheer number of returning veterans with mental health, personal or family problems.

This "falling" is often infatuation, and the sheer emotion of "falling in love" often blinds a person to the imperfections of the loved one.

A point of land, usually high and with a sheer drop, extending out into a body of water; a promontory.

It's all too easy to underestimate the sheer amount of energy that we want to generate from these technologies.

The rear of the dress features a sheer panel with delicate scrolled embroidery and was designed by Carolina to be a 'romantic' surprise.

A big part of the attraction was her sheer size but she was a good-looking fish as well.

The sheer amount of output can be a bit intimidating, especially when PMD generates a large number of false positives.

They said the sheer size of the market would dwarf the risk that could be sustained by any clearing house.

In a true test of her faith and by sheer will power, Bethany did get back up on a surfboard only a month after the attack.

With that sort of experience comes sheer confidence.

A glossy new art book, "Portraits of the Mind, " hopes to draw the general reader into neuroscience with the sheer beauty of its images.

Shipping rates play a key role in that calculus as well due to the sheer length of the trip from a mine in West Virginia to a port in China.

The sheer cost of the war was also difficult to hide and a tremendous drain on the economy.

The slow and painful journey back into the world, when just riding an elevator, or walking at night to her car, was an act of sheer courage.

In a school carried on by sheer cruelty, whether it is presided over by a dunce or not, there is not likely to be much learnt.

However, Mr Patelis said the sheer size of these assets meant they could not be invested in the traditional manner.

If it's not the close proximity that irritates you, it's the sheer pushiness of your fellow diners.

Yet, through the sheer number and range of his ideas, Mr Clinton manages to convey a badly needed sense of hope.

If he could not do either, he felt his head would burst from sheer misery.

If you get one of those judges, a pair of sheer nylons could prove a worthy investment.

It is sheer fantasy to imagine that the cause of socialism is all plain sailing.

Or consider the examples of people who had the option to retire but continued to work due to the sheer enjoyment they received from work.

The rumor turned out to be untrue, but it illustrates the profound implications of the sheer scale of China on business and policy.

I am laughing out loud , owing to the absurdity , humor, or sheer stupidity of the matter about which you are writing .

Home care for the elderly will most likely make a comeback in the U. S. out of sheer economic necessity, however.

Genghis Khan, whose name means "Universal Ruler, " conquered as much for the sheer fun of it as for the spoils.

The sheer scale and speed of the current urban expansion make it unlike any of the big changes that have punctuated urban history.

Sex has its place, but you cannot through sex or through that excitement achieve some extraordinary state, which is all sheer nonsense.

If you want to experience the sheer joy of pushing yourself out of your comfort zone, you'll take me up on this suggestion.

Everyone who worked with her was struck by the sheer force of her personality.

So quickly, I argued with myself, that it might have been sheer reflexes.

energy. It is not always convenient or comfortable, and sometimes worship is a sheer act of the will-a willing sacrifice.

The sheer number of Chinese films being made will mean that some good films come out of it.

It would be sheer folly to buy such a large car - we wouldn't be able to afford to run it.

The sheer ease of deployment, reuse, shared knowledge, and collaboration aspects are bound to foster process innovation to a greater degree.

Emphasize accomplishments that nobody required of you but that you took on out of sheer enthusiasm.

It would be downright [sheer] madness to do such a thing.

Autumn is usually a good time for immigrant species, but it's the sheer number and diversity this year that's special.

From sheer nervousness she said a few more stupid things . . .

Beam with sheer elegance in this sparkling set comprising a pair of circular pierced earrings and an exquisite pendant.

Rather it is the sheer scale of government deficits that seems to have triggered the change.

"Oh, " said Carrie, closing one hand tightly out of sheer nervousness. "What did she have to say? "

The individual=s ends will change as he learns from other people; they may also change out of sheer caprice.

There was no great din at St. Andrews Bay; the loudest noise here was visual, the sheer spectacle of numbers.

There was the ringing sound of metal biting into wood. A scream of sheer agony erupted from the air. Bink and Sabrina jumped.

Ultimately he decided that in his sheer love of reading he had taken up a wrong emotion for a Christian young man.

But either out of some warning instinct or sheer funk he had not done so.

"This would have been phenomenally expensive" given the sheer length of the trading route, she says.

Be lulled into a state of sheer relaxation with soft drop lightings and soothing piped-in music.

And the sheer size of the loss partly reflects the bank's pre-eminent position in the equity-derivatives field.

Sheer white curtains hung at the little window to let in as much light as possible.

The snaps feature Irina looking stunning as she models a sheer black lace underwear set, as well as another combination in bright pink.

Were it not for these counterbalances, humankind would self-destruct out of the sheer mass of its unopposed negativity.

Harli is so busy he's even had to employ his mum and two older brothers to help him cope with the sheer demand for products on his website.

And China's sheer size makes it a more plausible challenger than a relatively small nation, such as Japan.

Before you embark on a start-up, think hard if you really possess the resolution and sheer desire to make it happen.

I. Whatever it is weal or woe, we are in sheer ignorance of our lifespan. For that matter, something must be said sooner than later.

With a general-purpose language, the concepts behind the transformation get lost in the sheer volume of code necessary to achieve it.

I gaze at the beauty of the world, its wonders and its miracles, and out of sheer joy I laugh even as the day laughs.

When circumstances change and Bobby becomes the head of the company, life at work becomes sheer hell.

Part of the problem for some of these companies is sheer scale, which makes it difficult to significantly add to reserves or production.

For a ruler, wisdom is the money. Everything else is sheer merchandise, can be bought.

In fact, it was weighing me down mentally, and rooting me to a physical spot with the sheer amount of items I owned.

It was a sheer drop of ten or twenty metres, with boulders at the bottom.

in his turning , the center of the whole earth shifted , making of space a sheer void and a mockery of order , and balance , and time.

It's as if the sheer magic of wealth has shimmered the glass-and-steel buildings into being.

But the sheer depth of funds means equity portfolio investment will account for some of the cash, possibly farmed out to asset managers.

Writing because of the sheer love of writing permits you to be innovative & write what you're passionate about.

The account of his adventure in Antarctic is a sheer flight of imagination.

if I don't get some sleep pretty soon, I'll be forced to move back upstairs out of sheer .

It was sheer guts, though, that got her over the Pyrenees in her espradilles when the Germans were at her heels.

However, the sheer size of Vale has proved to be the company's biggest challenge.

When the Deepwater Horizon sank, this riser collapsed and folded in on itself, but did not sheer off from the blowout preventer.

The overseer's quarters loomed some hundred feet overhead , carved out of the solid stone that rose in a sheer wall from the water .

The sheer strength of an individual player does not necessarily qualify him as a legitimate banger.

The Sun is shining on the area of your chart devoted to routine work, health matters and sheer hard slog.

Hang around a while and you may see a wide range of topics from sheer silliness to complicated discussions about code and programming.

The sheer volume of customers guarantees that most kitchens will be pushed beyond their ability to produce a high-quality dish.

You will again be amazed in the next coming weeks at the sheer number of our craft revealed to you in your skies.

I landed my first game internship out of sheer willpower (and maybe the fact that I worked for free).

Through sheer grit and determination, these companies have weathered the recession and they're ready to grow.

In Nature, Emerson argues that the sheer physicality of words points us in directions that might be called "spiritual" .

Whether that cost is in the form of effort, persistence, money, knowledge, skill or simply sheer hard work, is a different thing.

Its successes have been overwhelmed to date by the sheer size of its economy and its rapid growth.

The sheer volume of singing - not volume in terms of loud or not loud, but the amount of singing.

The colorful balloons were then released , their sheer numbers forming a spectacular sight as they floated upward through the air .

The sheer decadence of being able to smoke inside triggers a massive craving for a cigarette.

China's emergence as an economic power and its sheer size have put it firmly at the center of the global economic stage.

William is said to have first spotted Ms. Middleton on the runway at a charity fashion event, where she modeled a sheer black dress.

Noravank Monastery complex is situated on a ledge of the winding and amazingly beautiful gorge among the sheer red rocks.

The sheer complexity of the platform makes it hard for a would-be OCAP developer to know where to begin.

Beyond a certain threshold, the sheer volume of messages could push an interface into a separate class of service.

The expression of sheer joy on her face made him laugh aloud.

Well, this was a pity, but I would have been there due to sheer luck and not because of the car's good performance.

Aside from the sheer novelty of it, such observations are useful in gauging the apparent sky brightness and transparency during totality.

Animals can lie to protect themselves and their owners, but sometimes they can do it out of sheer mischief.

When the postman delivered the mail today, your wife greeted him at the door in a sheer black nightie.

This brings me to a precipitous rock faces and sheer cliff on instinct, I refused, I can't eat bitter. Wind feel helpless.

The supermodel, 37, had started her evening in a chic black sequin shift dress, before changing into a shiny sheer evening gown.

Its position on top of sheer cliffs has led to its pseudonym: The Acropolis of the Dordogne.

In extreme cases, the system could run out of disk space from the sheer volume of old accumulated artifacts.

The sheer fact of talking about it seems to make a difference.

Not a life of misery, suffering, sadness, frustration, but a life of sheer dance and song.

From the top of the wall there was a sheer drop of 100 feet to the water below.

Two or three decades ago, little girls were not permitted to wear makeup or sheer stockings.

The evidence for that transformation goes well beyond the sheer number of users.

But nowhere, even in today's world of mass migrations, is the sheer range of religious faith as wide as it is in the United States.

If it is bliss to be alive in the dawn of the Obama age, then to be young is sheer heaven.

it had come about through sheer necessity.

On the last morning I spend at his retreat, Dejian shows me his private quarters, a tiny stone cupola perched on the tip of a sheer cliff.

The minimalist interiors are utterly dreamy, swathed in sheer curtains and a white palette (including those polished white floors swoon).

You can get something out of a book, even a bad book. . . but a cunt, it's just sheer loss of time. . .

And China's sheer size makes it a more plausible challenger than a somewhfound on small nine- such as Japan.

He was on the White Spider, a network of sheer ice on which nine mountaineers had died not long before.

The great, cloudless sky. The rolling ocean of grass. Nothing else, no matter where he put his eyes. No road. Just sheer, empty space.

The body also removes and repairs some damaged macromolecules, but often the sheer volume of free radicals overwhelms the repair system.

However, if you are a sheer lover of tattoos you'd cherish the stunning tattoo of a busty cowgirl on your legs.

To have a goal, a destination, would be one thing, but to drown in the sheer plenitude of worlds for its own sake seemed utterly pointless.

The application process is sheer torture. It's one of the hardest things I've ever had to do in my life.

We had some misunderstandings during our affair, I chose to leave him upon my sheer anger.

In size and sheer scale alone, China is at the top of the agenda of opportunity for Ireland.

That has become a given and will remain so, he said. What is astounding about the Symantec report is the sheer volume of attacks.

But she was soon distracted by the sheer terror that her task caused her.

But for sheer numbers, said Rupert Hoogewerf, the Hurun founder, China probably has the most billionaires of any country.

Finally he went to his Tibetan meditation teacher in sheer despair and asked him for some advice.

By June, as algae suppliers step up production, Sheer expects the figure to jump to somewhere around a thousand pounds at a time.

Even in New Hampshire, however, the sheer volume of campaign events could not compensate for his lack of a forceful message.

giant. He kept growing everyday until he separated the universe into the sky and the earth with His sheer muscular strength.

I used to see some breathtaking beauties when I was in sheer desperation.

By (sheer) coincidence , I met the person we'd been discussing the next day.

They're a fine team though and we will have to be careful on the break because of their forwards and Aaron Lennon's sheer pace and skill.

Eric was the type of player who could change a game in a flash with one touch of sheer brilliance.

The sheer ingenuity of some of these ideas is impressive. But no amount of financial engineering can hide a basic truth.

It was a silence and a sheer whiteness exhilarating to madness.

The sheer number of his sheep, camels, oxen and donkeys meant that Job also owned a lot of farmlands for the animals to graze on.

It was so narrow and deep, and the precipices which surrounded it so sheer, that it was like a huge pit or trench.

The beggar fell down in a swoon from sheer hunger.

And finally, bold prints can help take the fear out of sheer as they create an illusion of being more opaque.

This is all uncertain but the sheer randomness of life is what gives these options their value.

Another challenge is the United States'sheer size, with 50 state governments and a multiplicity of privacy laws.

I added up my little moments of pleasure yesterday. First there was sheer bliss when I shut the last lunchbox and had the house to myself.

I heard the wind in my ears and felt the rhythm of swinging. In that moment I experienced complete freedom and sheer pleasure.

All this points to the sheer unresponsiveness of much of China's government.

And yet the sheer amount of bottled pheromones and the related promises out there is overwhelming.

Examples of these complex constructions are (deep sea) mast cranes, floating sheer legs, and pipe handling systems.

The biggest challenge has been the complexity of the project itself, the sheer size of platform that needed to be implemented.

But the sheer complexity of her domestic arrangements makes life "very challenging" , she says.

Security experts suggest that we are simply overwhelmed by the sheer number of things we have to remember in this digital age.

Intrinsic rewards, doingactivities for the sheer joy of it, are the key to understanding flow.

Mr Tata says that he looks beyond sheer size in search of a strategic fit when he acquires companies.

The nature of my job requires me to dress smartly, so I wear skirt suits, with blouses, usually fairly sheer tights and heels.

No other presidential candidate, of either party, can match the sheer quantity, let alone the ambition, of his policy ideas.

They pushed Manchester United back with their sheer force and I can see them pegging Arsenal back here as well.

Skywalker used his Jedi agility to leap upon the beast, and used the reek's sheer muscle-power to break the chains that bound him.

The political image of totalitarianism is one of "sheer" stunning beauty for its imposing visual effect.

But one of the most appealing aspects of Stone is the sheer depth and breadth of his interests and ambition.

Almost and by sheer coincidence, the four greatest express deliveries important leader keyed up the fuel surcharge again.

It has rugged ridges, deep valleys and a coastline that varies from beach to sheer cliff.

By contrast, it was America's sheer size, rather than its democratic political system, that won the war.

The sheer power that this beautiful cat can muster is awesome.

As I set there filling my pipe, I suddenly heard a shout of sheer joy come from the other side of the wall.

Some were even left frightened by the sheer intensity of the display, while many thought they were seeing a rare meteor shower.

The sheer joy of painting reveals itself as well in the decorative motifs that are regularly introduced.

The Russian people do impress me with their stamina , patriotism, and sheer numbers.

the same palettes, menus, and toolbars for many hours, gaining an innate sense of where things are from sheer familiarity.

However, his strike rate and sheer number of appearances in the last six months suggest Iaquinta is the new idol of the Curva Scirea.

He's a sheer delight. . . ambitious and charming, with a vivid imagination and a quirky view of life.

Sheer white curtains hung at the little window to let in as much as possible.

Mr Orszag points to the Dartmouth work to argue that up to 30% of America's health-care spending is sheer waste.

They're prevalent at this time of year but what amazed me was the sheer numbers of them.

The sheer fiddliness of these reforms means they will take many months, even years, to be fully designed and implemented.

In spite of that, the sheer number of new arrivals suggests there will be many casualties.

Through sheer manipulation of light and its focus on a blazingly white marble altar block, Saarinen created a place of mystic quiet.

But I soon became struck by the sheer volume of both observation and investigation he has done in many different sports.

I change my programs' settings all the time, just for the sheer pain of it.

If sheer brainpower is what Wall Street needs to find its way out of the wreckage of the credit squeeze then things are looking up.

The sheer size and depth of this book is daunting, and its use of careful specifications scares off many readers.

and was mightily impressed by the sheer size of your .

Although admissions officers really do try to give careful consideration to the applications, the sheer numbers are daunting.

The sheer time all this must have required boggled Hutton's mind.

then , by sheer accident , susa , s keepers discovered that the healing power of mozart extends to the animal kingdom too.

To pursue austerity in the hope that monetary policy can reliably be used to undo any untoward effects, is, in short, sheer folly.

A stone dropped from its outer edge would have fallen sheer downward one thousand feet to the tops of the pines.

Some schemes are better than others (ZPM's is sheer idiocy, CS and IU are done competently ) but none of them are really suitable for Q3.

But that appears to have been overwhelmed by the sheer increase in new cars.

Rampant corruption, incompetence and sheer laziness in the public sector would be rooted out.

The sheer inefficiency of UK bank bureaucracies in their domestic operations can be compared with public services at their worst.

Live a life of sheer joy and ecstasy -- that is the only way to live. Every other way is only to commit a slow suicide.

That's not the problem. In terms of sheer technique, I'll never be able to bear her. I know that all too well.

For a student with an A average to quit school two months before graduation is sheer mania.

The sheer bulk of waste proteins that are accumulating within the neurons in Alzheimer's disease brains is enormous, '' Dr. Nixon says.

The fact is that the sheer number of hacktivists on each side has overwhelmed servers, leaving the online war in a very open state.

The sheer power of electronic commerce (e-commerce) will change the face of trade dramatically.

You will see a lot of the psychedelic prints still in the market for spring this season Sheer fabrics make them a bit softer.

The Forum group, like everyone else, were hugely impressed, by our team, by China's organisation, and by the sheer excitement of the sport.

Much of Britain's Olympic success, he argues, is down to a combination of natural ability and sheer dedication.

Exhaust yourself. Laugh. No competitive stuff, just play for the sheer joy of it.