be great in number

A study conducted by the American Cancer Society found that the number of radical prostatectomies has "risen substantially" in the past decade, and patients travel great distances to be operated on with a robot.

美国癌症协会（American Cancer Society）开展的一项研究发现，根治性前列腺切除手术的完成次数在过去10年里出现了“显著增长”，还有患者专程从外地远途赶来找机器人做手术。

It will be as if, in place of the stars, I had given you a great number of little bells that knew how to laugh...

这就好象我并没有给你星星，而是给你一大堆会笑出声来的小铃铛…

A great number of chemical sludge will be produced in CEPT.

在CEPT工艺中会产生大量的化学污泥.