Maybe his sheer physical size had something to do with that.
The sheer size of the problem means there is no simple answer.
For one, there is the sheer size of the problem.
For a time, they had thought sheer size and weight would bring them success.
Not that the long black hair and the sheer size of him wouldn't have done the job well enough.
Well, the basic problem is the sheer size of that world.
The trouble was the sheer size of the new search area.
Beyond sheer size, it is also a state that both parties think they can win.
But little is being done about the gap, in part because of its sheer size.
The sheer size of the area had given him room to move and breathe.