Sentences with phrase «sheer weight of»

These fuchsias are a superb hanging basket choice, where the sheer weight of flowers gives a fully trailing mass of colour.

Then there's the sheer weight of data available to sellers and buyers alike, even if, by world standards, Canadian RE stats are pretty two - dimensional: folks know what they're looking for and they know more than ever before about what they're looking for.

Other than theft (which would be deterred by the sheer weight of the 28 - pound chassis -LRB-(There is also an optional security kit available.

The sheer weight of a heavy truck can make the vehicle unable to travel on certain highways and bridges that can not handle them.

Now, Chris Clark and co-authors have fallen back on an old strategy, that of compiling a large sample of simple measurements in the hope that insight will emerge from the sheer weight of the evidence.

And it is the inability of the RS to recognise the sheer weight of expectations that are hung on climate science that make this new report almost completely pointless.

Be aware that no matter what you do, sometimes you're just going to be crushed by the sheer weight of the snow.

Although a previous post says that we are all at more at risk during the majority of time we spend in our homes, the larger scale and sheer weight of commercial buildings and schools will cause more fatalities and more difficulty reaching victims still alive but buried.

We hope that the sheer weight of the user base ensures that the «base» PS4 continues to get the care and attention it deserves.

«Look at when concert tickets go on sale and a simple financial transaction can crash a website through sheer weight of numbers,» they explain.

Important: Note that the site is under a huge amount of stress at the moment (and has collapsed a couple of times under the sheer weight of downloads)- and you may need to wait a little while for it to load properly.

The sports franchises, Dragon Age and Mass Effect are all creaking under the sheer weight of unnecessary churned - out pap... but the newest Xbox Live Marketplace listing for NHL 11 has revealed a new DLC record.

The sheer weight of this little console seems to point at that being the case.

The sheer weight of this history would be enough to crush most developers, but Rocksteady did an amazing job of paying homage to some of the more popular Batman mythos while crafting their own original take on the character.

Because they were slow, and stupid, and slow, it was the sheer weight of numbers that provided not only the challenge, but the enjoyment.

There some good things and bad things though the come from the sheer weight of activities.

It's the trick in bringing more stuff without feeling burdened down by the sheer weight of it.

However, the concern is that the natural treasures may be destroyed by the sheer weight of tourism.

The choice between a collar or harness has a great deal to do with a dog's behavior on a lead, but one should always consider the sheer weight of the accessory and the accompanying hardware.

Fire - power covers a host of tactics: Sometimes it's just sheer weight of money (and they become the largest shareholder), but it also includes nominating directors to the board, conducting proxy fights, deposing and / or appointing management, suggesting operational changes and / or asset / business sales, scaring up bidders for a company (or even bidding themselves), demanding strategic reviews or even wind - downs or liquidations, etc..

Many authors seem to hurry to implement what appears to be a promising new tactic for positioning a book, only to find that after a few months, the sheer weight of everyone piling on (and / or changes in online retailers» algorithms) has begun to fritter away the approach's original effectiveness.

Given both ecosystems have over one million apps you can see how the discovery process can be hampered by the sheer weight of new ones added every single week.

«The sheer weight of Android units will generate more downloads, but on a per device basis the iOS devices do seem to consume more apps and the gap is not narrowing.

Its handling abilities will surprise you given the sheer weight of the package, although the V12 engine's gentlemanly approach to performance is slightly at odds with the «fastest ever BMW» tag — it just doesn't feel it.

As NCLB slowly dies from a combination of Congressional inattention, regulatory whittling, and the sheer weight of public rejection, it's worth asking why so much of the optimism surrounding the law proved unfounded, and what those who still believe in federal intervention on behalf of disadvantaged students should do next.

Finding herself in Hawai'i flipped that construct in a way she could not process without lashing out, and the rest of the white community in America is entering a future where the assumption of normalcy is methodically being deconstructed by the sheer weight of demographics.

Many industries advocate for workplace delivery and assessment of VET in training packages but the sheer weight of numbers would make this impossible.

For me, Prisoners is part an engrossing family drama and part a chintzy, lurid thriller, jammed together in a way that lacks conciseness, focus, or ability to avoid collapsing under the sheer weight of the many cheap and cheesy plot contrivances that are far too out of their element to cap off a drama that builds up so well.

By the sheer weight of wizardly neologism: kneazles and quaffles and bowtruckles, Godric Gryffindor and Horace Slughorn, riddikulus!

(The sheer weight of the medication and other materials needed makes eflornithine very expensive to ship as well, says Pere Simarro of the World Health Organization.)

That's because the sheer weight of hundreds of feet of moist soil is always pushing downward against the bedrock below.

After all, the sheer weight of our education, training, and accomplishments should be more than enough to land us the position of our choice, right?

Hot water drilling still posed challenges: A borehole filled with water would quickly refreeze, and the hole could still collapse shut under the sheer weight of the surrounding ice sheet.

Happily the sheer weight of public pressure here in the UK has been too much to ignore and Cameron has joined the madding crowd.

«We have good reason to believe that internal and confidential information relating to this trade union and its officials» movements has been obtained by suspect means by both News International and its operatives, and possibly by other national newspapers, and we fully understand in light of the sheer weight of evidence why the police investigations may take some time to conclude.»

The sheer weight of Ed Milband as a drag anchor on Labour was unveiled and was quite startling - as was the disastrous failure of Labour to even come close to regaining any semblance of economic credibility.

They cheered him repeatedly during his exchanges with Ed Miliband, who was forced by the sheer weight of events to concentrate on an issue that now puts his party in jeopardy.

Plus the sheer weight of it all has created a few businesses that are optimized for it, and could cause a systemic shock for them and their customers / creditors if it is ripped away like a band - aid.

In addition to the sheer weight of naming another human being, you (most often) have to do it with someone else's opinion — sometimes, even more than a single someone.

The Reds were given a helping hand by some shoddy defending but that panic was triggered by the sheer weight of pressure.

I haven't decided whether I'm going to get up and watch this game tomorrow morning (it starts at 4.45 am Brisbane time) but the sheer weight of players that I've not yet seen in action for Arsenal might prompt me to take a peek.

Married to that idea is the sheer weight of expectation he's had to shoulder.

You can't buy it, touch it or devise a tactical plan to nullify it, but when Guardiola's men stride onto the pitch at Anfield, and in the return leg at the Etihad next Tuesday, their toughest opponent might be history and the sheer weight of it against them.

The sheer weight of speculation that he is going to Man City means that will be where he is going.

It all came back to me in one fell swoop, magnified by the sheer weight of my birthday.

Chris Brown, Commercial Director for James Cropper Paper comments: «Paper has so many surprising qualities and uses, but PaperBridge takes the sheer weight of our product and lets nature do the rest.

They are inundated by sheer weight of numbers, tired out and pressed down by the masses of those in any institution who await their professional care.

But Wesley concludes: «In the end, what keeps me on the path I've chosen is not so much individual proof texts from Scripture or the sheer weight of the church's traditional teaching against homosexual practice.

In God's good time, the gospel takes the world by storm, and there comes a tipping point when the power structures become ours by sheer weight of numbers, as once happened in Europe.

It moves glacierlike through human history, carrying with it the debris of outworn values and stubbornly trying to break through everything in its path by the sheer weight of its dogmatic claim.