31.  McGowan succeeds in making her interesting through sheer force of style.

32.  Only through sheer force of will by Gary Payton did the Sonics pull out the fourth and fifth games.

33.  Perhaps by the sheer force of something whose name I do not know.

34.  Reagan was able to do it but only through the sheer force of his personality.

35.  She overcame pepper-mill bearing waiters, late hours and gravity by sheer force of will.

36.  She and LaPaglia are beautifully set off by the youthful effervescence of Ms. Murphy and Olds, who seem destined to be together by sheer force of metabolism.

37.  Smithwick then concluded that the key to attracting quality retailers downtown was to attract Nordstrom, which he proceeded to do through careful preparation and sheer force of will.

38.  Some of the plot is predictable, but Cruise anchors it through sheer force of personality and movie-star talent.

39.  Still, she has succeeded by the sheer force of her will, by running through cultural stop signs, by ignoring what had been prohibited and scorned.

40.  That sheer force often won out.