And, on reflection, the sheer nightmarish complexity of making it work may be exactly the point.
The most important business story of the past couple of years starred a Texan company, Enron.The importance of Texas is partly a reflection of its sheer size and dynamism.
Whether a reflection of their sheer numbers or the rising incomes of second- and third-generation Muslim immigrants, the market in halal goods is nearly twice the size of the market for organic food.
The extended timeline was a reflection of the sheer complexity of the issues being addressed and helped produce a document described by Canada's trade minister as a "gold standard" deal with the EU.
Whether metaphorical or humorous or melodramatic, the individual image is meant to provoke reflection, and the sheer size of the project ultimately to stir wonder at the very audacity of such an enumeration of religious duties and the tradition that has maintained it.
This may be simply a reflection of the sheer size of the mortality event, which occurs in the first couple of months after the fry emerge from the redds and the susceptibility of emerged fish to a new habitat.
The artist selected humpback whales for their "gentle nature, sheer size" which incited ample reflections on human significance by comparision.
At night, the sheer carpet of water glows with the reflection of the huge titanium sphere enclosed in the Hayden Planetarium's glass walls, which are bathed in blue light.
After the raw energy and drive of The Blue Book, Sheers has arrived at a point of reflection; Skirrid Hill, consequently, is an altogether subtler work than its predecessor.
The sheer size and gravity of the undertaking demands some reflection: 800,000 Rwandans have been tried in improvised gacaca courts, many for murder.
