Trouble was the sheer cost of paying for the PA equipment and crew and all that.

Equally appalling was the sheer cost of this legislation, $792 billion.

Enormous Costs Still, policy makers say they are stymied in addressing pollution because of the sheer cost.

On top of all that is the sheer cost of doing business in Rome.

Why, the sheer cost alone would be enormous.

The line was ultimately scrapped because of the sheer cost that would have been involved in constructing the line compared to the expected patronage.

Of course, a good part of those savings can be eaten up by the sheer cost of collecting and updating data.

The sheer cost of caring for diabetics, who often do not get help until they are in catastrophic need, will keep going up.

Then we started thinking about the sheer cost and how much were we really going to use it.

The sheer cost of this!