Sentences with phrase «sheer number of places»

One of the most impressive things about California is the sheer number of places to visit.

Not exact matches

Still, if the sheer number of Chicago exits are any indication — and coupled with this year's enviable Inc. 5000 data — the city might just be an ideal place to launch your next venture (or two, or three).

Uncle David: If there are more God - believers in the population, and more of them are attracted to AA because of their belief in the higher power in the first place... it does not necessarily follow that AA's approach is more successful than any other program because of sheer numbers.

The sheer number of bets placed on any typical weekend match can be overwhelming for even the seasoned bookmaker.

My favorite was the librarian who told us, jokingly, that she wants to ban one patron from reading BookPage because of the sheer number of holds at he places after reading a new issue.

A number of things may have caused the high numbers discrepancy, but one of the most crucial factors in the lower debut sales figures may just be the sheer lack of places to buy a book.

Though social media and reviews certainly help, the sheer number of releases makes my head spin and I still fall back on buying e-books from traditional publishers as I know the system of quality control (though imperfect) is at least in place.

Really, the sheer number of possibilities is mind blowing in a place like this, so I'm happy to entertain any suggestions from the seasoned veterans out there.

Due to the sheer number of different historical and cultural places on offer in Peru, unless you are travelling with a local guide, or someone who knows all of the local legends and off the beaten track hidden treasures, it's well worth doing your homework before setting off for Peru.

Make sure you get here early because the sheer number of locals and tourists that flock to this place means there is usually a line out the door and people spilling out into the alley, especially on the weekends.

Visit North Cyprus for an early summer holiday, and you'll be struck by the sheer numbers of festivals taking place during your stay.

To put it simply combat is cumbersome, and the only way it provides a challenge is through the sheer number of enemies attempting to mash you into a pulp, usually resulting in you rolling madly around the place while guzzling potions of healing and throwing ice spells about the place, because frozen enemies take extra damage and it's an easy piece of magic to spam.

This means they can overwhelm you with sheer numbers and they seem to come out of nowhere, making it difficult to find a place to hole up for those few precious seconds you need your health to recuperate.

In reality, though, the sheer number of ways they seem to come up with for this simple event to take place seems to call on more creative energy than mere laziness is likely to afford.

From Frans Hals to Ross Bleckner, Mark Rothko to Agnes Martin, the sheer number of authentication disputes heading to court is placing pressure on the art world to reform its standards for certifying work.

It's two superimposed realities that are emerging as humanity's environmental footprint grows, both through sheer numbers, with a global population heading toward 9 billion, and through the outflow of an expanding range of wastes, reflecting both poverty and affluence in different places:

Personally, I think the action is going to be elsewhere than waiting on the latest scientific prognostications which are all over the place anyway given a) the complexity of climate science (and I think Mike Hulme's characterisation of climate science as a wicked problem v tame problems like acid rain is correct) and b) the sheer number of departments / organisations, programmes, $ $ $ and scientists working on its characterisation.

Every day an extreme record is broken in many places and in part that is a consequence of the short history of weather recording and the sheer number of locations where humans are now available to observe weather events that would have gone unnoticed a few decades ago.

The sheer number of districts that applied to be part of this network shows the importance educators are placing on SEL.

Kasarda also noted that the sheer number of people who use airports has transformed them from transit places to vibrant retail and entertainment centers.

And yet, perhaps through sheer number, millennials were the top buying cohort in the country in 2013 and 2014, barely edging out baby boomers at No. 2 and Gen Xers in third place, according to the National Association of Realtors.