A large number of the telegraph lines were going in all directions, as crooked as the vines that grapes grow on.

VOA: special.2009.02.22

This is when you learn the laws in terms of which you can understand and explain a large number of phenomena.

从此刻开始,你们学习的理论,能帮助你理解和解释生活中的很多现象

耶鲁公开课 - 基础物理课程节选

If you have a large number of atoms in an aggregate, it is going to require that the substance turn solid and condense at room temperature.

如果有很多原子进行聚集，在室温下,会使的物质转变成固体状态。

麻省理工公开课 - 固态化学导论课程节选

"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

It has a fairly large number of characters, although only a relatively few number of them speak in the book.

有很多角色，但仅其中相对少数,在书中发言。

耶鲁公开课 - 政治哲学导论课程节选

"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

The idea really took root--the idea, the intuitive idea is that as you write a large number of policies, the fraction that will result in accidents becomes closer and closer to the probability of one accident.

这种观点建立在...,观点是,只要你签的保单足够多,事故占保单总数的比例就会越来越接近,事故发生的概率

耶鲁公开课 - 金融市场课程节选

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

"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

"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