Sentence examples for sheer virtue from inspiring English sources

I chose one called A Better Traffic School by sheer virtue of its name, and enrolled.

Slums, by sheer virtue of the numbers, are going to start mattering more and more, Chipchase postulated.

He describes these things, from the point of view of hungry Clyde, as sheer virtue, as deliverance itself.

Now, through word of mouth and just by sheer virtue of the fact that it's brilliant, it's become as big a part of comedy history as the worldwide phenomenal hit (but equally brilliant) The Office.

As I listened to hereditary peers talking about the service given by their ancestors over centuries I was moved by the length and strength of it, the sheer virtue of continuity, the quality of long persistence.

As things stand in the evil empire, these two very disparate rebel factions – Wolves are bankrolled by Volkwagen whereas Gladbach have followed Dortmund's blueprint to grow organically, by sheer virtue of employing a superb coach in Lucien Favre and very good players – are both only four points adrift.

But listening to the Berlioz Te Deum at Carnegie Hall yesterday afternoon forced one to consider another addition to the pantheon of musical virtue - sheer size.

Or make a positive virtue of sheer size or variety: "Massive", "pantechnicon" or "blue whale".

The star of the show, by virtue of sheer volume, was tout le lapin.

"Sometimes," Mr. Hasbrouck said, "just by virtue of sheer size, an organization can have a bit more weight with regulators".

Few of us are good enough at anything to be given a second chance by virtue of sheer talent after having screwed up monumentally.