The people who started the company named it Google because in mathematics, googol,spelled g-o-o-g-o-l, is an extremely large number.

VOA: special.2009.04.19

He was surprised by the large number of busy people in the subway who stopped to listen.

VOA: special.2009.07.31

This should have resulted in a large number of baby dinosaurs.

VOA: special.2009.09.01

"When a bird hears another bird singing or sings himself, this seems to engage a very large number of genes in the brain.

VOA: standard.2010.04.05

"Of course we are aware of the civilian population, of a large number of people in the area in and around the Swat Valley."

VOA: standard.2009.06.17

Local authorities in Kunduz say a large number of civilians are among the victims and many of the bodies were reportedly burned beyond recognition.

VOA: standard.2009.09.04

The United Nations said there was serious damage to the headquarters of its mission in Haiti, and a large number of staff were unaccounted for.

VOA: standard.2010.01.13

Using just that large number of genetic markers, the team was able to predict in almost four out of five cases whether a person would live to be 100.

VOA: standard.2010.07.14

"If you look at the large studies, that were published over the last several years, including a large number of patients comparing Avandia to a placebo or other drugs, there was actually no increase in that risk.

VOA: standard.2010.03.02

The head of the World Health Organization, Margaret Chan, says impressive progress has been made in areas such as treatment for HIV/AIDS, in the large number of lives saved among children under five and in significant cuts in deaths from malaria and measles.

VOA: standard.2009.12.29

"We continue to monitor production of Russian mobile missiles to ensure that in their production of the SS-27 mobile , they are not also building,covertly, a missile called the SS-20 which was banned during the Reagan years [So there are a large number of measures which allow the governments to be confident that the other side is in fact carrying out the treaty,"

VOA: standard.2009.04.08