Yet they'd had no choice but to have those descendants, for without them they would have failed long ago from sheer lack of numbers.

Since the birth rate has dropped dramatically, schools are being closed down due to the sheer lack of students available to teach.

Despite the sheer lack of success, the head did have some positive words, stating: "It's all a learning process for us.

Obama was always going to be in difficulty because of his sheer lack of experience.

We're getting near the stage when we may have to bring patients back into the city for sheer lack of room, and chance the bombing.

It is hard to make any conclusions based on the burials described above due to the sheer lack of a data set.

He too, however, resigned soon after in 1913 due to his sheer lack of study and willingness to do so.

I began to believe that she had collapsed from sheer lack of food and exhaustion.

One factor I don't see mentioned much is the sheer lack of stability in your medium.

The sheer lack of skilled people is the major contributing factor.