"Sheer numbers of people is not enough to do any good."
If it came down to sheer numbers, he had control.
The first is the sheer number of cases reported and described.
And then there was the sheer number of them, the six million.
"The sheer number of patients is going to make it necessary."
But the sheer number of participants does make it difficult to get about the city.
Your job, however, is made more difficult by the sheer number of the companies from which to choose.
The point is not just names, but their sheer number.
He might hold eight or even ten, but their sheer numbers would beat him down.
"Their sheer numbers alone force us to review what we do."