The slow pace of the shift is, in part, a consequence of sheer volume -- there are more than 140,000 special education students in New York City, a number that is larger than the entire student population of many school systems elsewhere.
It may be that as a consequence of the multiple sources, and sheer volume, of data about anabolic steroids, in particular on the Internet, users become less critical about the accuracy of this information.
No major field escaped the lure of specialization of investigation, and clearly, a great deal of the sheer bulk of learning that passed from the 19th to the 20th century was the direct consequence of this specialization.
The sheer presence of significant numbers of blacks in positions of political authority was as much the cause as the consequence of the profound change in white political attitudes.
(via Consequence of Sound).
(H/T Consequence of Sound).
This offers a basis for the consequences of the sheer number of employees, a routine measurement of organization size.
Precious information was concealed out of sheer terror of the consequences.
What prompts my wariness about intervention is the cost in money and lives, the uncertainty about consequences, the sheer number of threats we face and the egregious experiences we have had in a variety of cases, such as Syria, Libya, Afghanistan and Iraq.
For all the clamour of the game's final moments, the noise inside the Arena Corinthians before kick-off was mild after the choral din of Argentina's previous matches, a consequence perhaps of the sheer mountainous scale of this huge open-sided stadium.
