The phrase "a combination of sheer" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe a mixture or blend of elements that are intense or extreme in nature.
Example: "The performance was a combination of sheer talent and hard work that left the audience in awe."
Alternatives: "a blend of pure" or "a mix of absolute".
It is a noble notion, but challenging to sustain against astonishingly tough economics – a combination of sheer recession and loss of classified advertising to Google and more.
Mr. Thomas's generation, using a combination of sheer will, high energy and personal charisma, roused a sometimes passive electorate and built the foundation for today's black political power structure.
Harriet Miers may have been noticed by the president because of her connections, but to have gotten to that position, as those of us who know her will attest, took a combination of sheer determination and a whole lot of excellence.
It found that in 2015, the vote gap between baby boomers (those born between the end of the second world war and the mid-1960s) and millennials (defined here as people born from 1981 to 2000) was a combination of sheer numbers and the fact that the latter were a third less likely to cast a vote.
Mr. Ryan's remarkable rise from small-town prom king to the No. 2 on the Republican presidential ticket reflects a combination of sheer will and patience, with the ideological leanings that began in Janesville and were cultivated in Washington finally finding their moment on a raised platform in Norfolk, Va., on Saturday morning.
But a combination of sheer determination by Kobane's Kurdish defenders and a huge number of coalition air strikes (more than 135, according to a US Central Command statement on Sunday) may have saved the battered town itself.
Frederica von Stade got by on a combination of technique, sheer class and well-chosen repertory for the occasion, including a lovely "Madrigal sobre un tema populaire" by Montsalvatge.
Watching this film was like having bad sex with someone you loathe – a hideous combination of sheer boredom and disgust.
As the eight runners stepped into their blocks, the Olympic stadium seethed with a combination of tension and sheer glee.
Its dominance remained unchallenged until the 1970s, when Mr. Assael almost single-handedly popularized cultured Tahitian black pearls through a combination of business savvy, sheer force of personality and, according to Mr. Bloom's book, an almost preternatural knack for being in the right place at the right time.
But a combination of piracy, the sheer strength of PS2 anticipation – remember the Emotion Engine?
