Because not enough information is given to buyers on the sheer expense and time needed to feed, train, groom and generally care for a dog.

The sheer expense of the B-1 and B-2 severely limits their usefulness.

The sheer expense of having live human beings do all this!

The sheer expense of keeping hounds and so on.

The sheer expense of living without a home base is beginning to wear on the family, he said.

The sheer expense of handling the hundreds of tons necessary for a single house became prohibitive.

Joshua hadn't quite realised the sheer expense involved in operating the Lady Macbeth.

After her graduation in 1951, she ruled out a PhD because of the sheer expense.

The sheer expense involved in mounting what are effectively ten different productions has usually deterred revivals of the entire Tonight at 8:30 cycle.

Perhaps the biggest obstacle, though, is the sheer expense.