11.   Remarkable and affecting as her performance is, especially when she seems to be holding herself together by sheer will, Connolly matches her in conviction and sincerity.

12.   She stayed hopeful by sheer will.

13.   The frenzied activity of the early days, sometimes fueled by sheer will and hope, has become a determined but systematic routine.

14.   This leads me to think it was the sheer will and love of the children that brought Frosty to life.

15.   Those in the know say his attention and sheer will were as important to her recovery as anything conjured up by members of the medical profession.

16.   Through sheer will and force of personality, he carried Paraguay within six minutes of a possible upset over the French.

17.   In both matches, the Germans used sheer will to overcome the technical superiority of their opponents.

18.   Their sheer will to win is perhaps their greatest strength.