Sentences with phrase «sheer scale»

He uses a wide aperture and a long focal length to make the images breathe, so that the humble viewer can see sheer scale of the environment.

For sheer scale and variety, nothing competes with Android.

In sheer scale, Lutter outdoes her fellow Germans, Jeff Wall, or even Abstract Expressionism.

«Ethereum is at this time the hands - down winner on sheer scale, due to first mover advantage, super effective marketing, and the savant - force of its founder, Vitalik Buterin,» Rik Willard, CEO of Global Blockchain Technologies Corporation and founder / managing director of a New York City - based federation of over 50 blockchain companies called Agentic Group, told International Business Times.

It's enough to drown the audience through sheer scale.

The on - foot shooting battles benefit from sheer scale — they typically involve you and 20 of your allies attacking a colony defended by 50 + enemies, on top of turrets, a mech, and a bunch of buildings.

With the way games are designed these days sheer scale is no longer as needed I guess, but we didn't want... Read More»

Based on the companies» sheer scale alone, it is increasingly difficult for countries to enforce any kind of regulation, especially as the tech giants start pushing for rules that free them from local restrictions, says Open Media «s Meghan Sali.

The Parkland school shooting this February wasn't an outlier in terms of casualties or sheer scale of horror and yet that particular tragedy's aftermath was a breaking point and prompted a full - throated rejection of the status quo.

That's part of Microsoft's new Windows 10 strategy: with 110 million Windows 10 devices currently on the market and a framework that lets developers build one app to run on every screen size, the company hopes to attract developers through sheer scale.

Just the sheer scale of it is also challenging, because you've got ta lay out the carbon fiber in exactly the right way on a huge mold, and you've got ta cure that mold at temperature, and then it's... just really hard to make large carbon - fiber structures that can do all of those things and carry incredible loads.

For many women, the sheer scale of sexual harassment this reveals isn't all that surprising — it's more shocking that's it's finally coming to light, frankly — but at least some people have expressed bafflement along with their disgust.

The sheer scale of the country, mixed with a regime of ever - growing censorship and a pervasive paranoia about sharing information, has crippled our ability to know China.

New engineers are usually stunned at Google's sheer scale.

The CEO also admits that his company's sheer scale has foisted upon it a greater level of responsibility — one it perhaps wasn't fully prepared to handle a few years ago.

One of the game's biggest selling points is its sheer scale.

The sheer scale of this deal — and Mondelez's other previously stated aim to plug half of its media budget into digital advertising by 2016 after saying it drives «twice» the return of traditional TV advertising — will surely be striking fear directly to the hearts of broadcasters, who may be worrying which other huge brands will follow the candy - maker's lead online.

The growth of the world's emerging markets may no longer be a surprise, but the sheer scale of their transformation still has the ability to shock.

Distressed at the sheer scale of the demands from Brussels, the leader of Tsipras's coalition partner, the populist Independent Greeks, said he could not support a key element of the proposals that he described as «barbaric».

Each of those niches might be quite a small percentage of the total demand but the sheer scale of the internet means that it is now profitable to service those niches.

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To those in the West who have heard of it, this annual 24 - hour sale, held on an unusual Chinese holiday called Singles Day and hosted by ecommerce giant Alibaba Group (my employer), is a source of curiosity if for no other reason than its sheer scale.

The sheer scale of the death toll sears the pro-life conscience.

relevance: Given the sheer scale of the universe, does what I think even matter?

The sheer scale of the thing — the size of the cast, the reaches of the expectations — seemed like a setup for failure.

Few of them will rival the sheer scale and ambition of Carlos Eire's new survey.

Our imagination also fails at the thought of the sheer scale of the problem.

Whether it's nationalists versus Europhiles, town versus country, unions versus business, elites versus non-elites, radical secularists versus practicing Catholics, old versus young, laicists versus Islamists, those with full - time fire - proof jobs versus those on temporary contracts, or Paris versus everyone else, the sheer scale of fragmentation indicated by the election results makes it hard to formulate concrete ideas capable of attracting more than 25 percent of the electorate.

The sheer scale of Hain Celestial — with a turnover of $ 2.85 bn — and its activity in numerous sectors, may make this a tough contest.

The sheer scale of diet - related disease makes their work critical.

Learn more about the sheer scale of the Main Stand redevelopment project at Anfield with our fascinating infographic...

The sheer scale of the man - in - progress — his 6 - foot - 5 frame is akin to putting Chewbacca in goal — is impossible to ignore, but somehow he looks even bigger when spreading himself to foil a one - on - one challenge or clawing a curling shot round one of his posts.

The sheer scale and velocity of the news media has undoubtedly altered the way politics is conducted.

Despite repeated attempts to «create a drug free world» the sheer scale of global policy failure is breathtaking.

In 2009 the sheer scale of the corruption of our banking industry became clear.

Take a step back for a moment and you'll get a better perspective on the sheer scale of Africa's potential.

He cited the «sheer scale of the sacrifice», the impact of the war on the development of Britain and the fact that «this matters, not just in our heads, but in our hearts» as reasons for marking the centenary.

«I humbly and respectfully appeal to well meaning individuals in Nigeria and abroad to come to the aid of the government and people of Benue state because the sheer scale of the flood might put an unbearable strain on the resources of the state government.

But eventually Brown and Alistair Darling were forced to act in extraordinary and unprecedented ways by the sheer scale of the crisis, which threatened the viability of the whole banking system and the economy.

Ms Cooper said government ministers were «deeply complacent about the sheer scale» of the cuts being imposed.

First, and most obvious, is the sheer scale of the excesses.

«That the cuts are modest is easy to demonstrate, given the sheer scale of the expansion in government outlays over the last decade,» he wrote.

Why is no - one is prepared to talk about the sheer scale of the economic challenge facing whichever party takes charge after the election, and how the parties are planning to make the sweeping cuts in public spending which they will need to tackle the gaping hole in Britain's finances?

So far both Tom Watson and Stella Creasy seem to understand the sheer scale of the task facing us, and I think any of those three might get my vote...

The sheer scale of the global operation suggests that genetically modified food has not received the same scrutiny and subsequent opposition as it has done in the UK.

It is not the first time that neighbouring councils have decided to share some functions, but the sheer scale of these proposals dwarfs anything that has come before.

«The only thing that I've swallowed is the sheer scale of the defeat that we faced at the election and the huge changes we need to win again.

Dr Malcolm Harvey reflects that the sheer scale of the SNP win is simply «phenomenal» in Scotland.