Down here on our cosy little earth we used to think we were protected from the outside by sheer distance.

In terms of sheer distance, it has been no contest here.

Out here, sheer distance would keep the enemy from gathering in number.

For sheer distance, nobody hits them farther than Bell.

"We can only hope that sheer distance will save us," she said.

As the number of alleys dwindle, she said, more people will be discouraged by the sheer distances required to travel for a game.

Others were here, gathered about a high seat at the far end of where-he-was, vague in the twilight cast by sheer distance.

The Generals on Earth still do not think in terms of space warfare and the sheer distances we will be dealing with.

Due to sheer distance, the only starship to guard them is the Enterprise.

The object is not the sheer distance of the throw, but rather to have the caber fall directly away from the thrower after landing.