quite a large number vs quite a number

Both phrases are correct, but they are used in slightly different contexts. 'Quite a large number' emphasizes the size or scale of the number, while 'quite a number' simply means a considerable or significant number without specifying the size. The choice between them depends on whether you want to highlight the largeness of the number or just emphasize that it is significant.

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quite a large number

This phrase is correct and commonly used in English to emphasize the size or scale of a significant number.

This phrase is used when you want to emphasize the largeness of the number, indicating that it is not just a few but a substantial amount.

Examples:

There were quite a large number of people at the event.
We received quite a large number of applications for the job.
Quite a large number of students participated in the competition.
The company has quite a large number of employees.
She has quite a large number of books in her collection.

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While that is better than no information at all, it appears that the updates have caused quite a large number of issues that users and administrators experience when they install or try to install these patches.
He must need quite a large number of people to investigate them.
Furthermore, quite a large number of questions are not related to issues falling under Community competence.
In some Universes are quite a large number of different types of consciousness.And among them there are such, that develop.
As a result, quite a large number of children born become uncared and unwanted.
BIG BLUE MEANIES Be aware that quite a large number of players view Repositories as a waste of time and simply a target and source of Experience and PvP points.
I guess you can see this is lots of different types of cameras: it's everything from cell phone cameras to professional SLRs, quite a large number of them, stitched together in this environment.
But when you look at the extent to which voters vote in line with their party recommendation, quite a large number of people actually do that. I think people get a feeling for where organisations or parties that they are close to stand.
Only real lead is there's been quite a large number in...
And if we consider the cause of this phenomenon, then it is given in the fact that these parties even as parties are not sufficiently clearly communist, because quite a large number of opportunists are to be found within them.
The availability of childcare facilities for children of three and over who have not yet reached compulsory schooling age is a little higher, and quite a large number of States say they have reached, or are near, the objective of 90%.
Quite a large number of the more advanced Souls have already gained this ability.
There seemed to be quite a large number of police, lorry drivers and traffic wardens engaged in the business of capturing motorists.
Now this item was not reinstated yesterday on the agenda of urgent debates, whereas quite a large number of Members had asked to be called to speak individually on this item.
Remarkably, just a few days ago we had news that quite a large number of people in this situation who had been abducted were indeed released.
I shall now take the various issues which have been raised, and there are quite a large number of them. I will try and link them where I can.
If you have already emailed us about it, please don't resend the mail; we expect quite a large number of submissions as is already.
The units are just half the vertical extent of the object, which is usually quite small, so quite large numbers may be required.
Quite relevant is the large number of British submarines sunk by Italian mines. Also relevant is the fact that the famous Malta-based H force was nearly destroyed by an Italian minefield.
In our monastery of Lộc Nam the parish priest celebrates the Mass each day, and although the faithful live some distance away they attend in large numbers quite early every morning.

Alternatives:

a considerable number
a substantial number
a significant number
a large number
a good number

quite a number

This phrase is correct and commonly used in English to indicate a considerable or significant number without specifying the size.

This phrase is used when you want to emphasize that there is a significant number of something without focusing on the specific size or scale.

Examples:

Quite a number of people attended the conference.
We have quite a number of options to choose from.
There are quite a number of reasons for the decision.
She has quite a number of friends in the city.
Quite a number of students passed the exam.

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Unlike most modern lexicographers, Johnson introduced humour or prejudice into quite a number of his definitions.
There are quite a number of success stories one can point to about how this has led to major advances.
There are quite a number of internship opportunities available at the many international organizations in Istanbul.
There are quite a number of car rental service providers throughout Florence airport and outside.
I've met with quite a number of sellers, and the market seems much softer than I thought.
While in Ireland, there are quite a number of transport options you can choose from.
However, there are quite a number of flat parcels in Montenegro of soft rock composed of clay or fertile land.
Henrik: There are already quite a number of male feminists at least in the Nordic countries, where I live.
Even in house repairing there are quite a number of tools required to fix a problem.However, thi...
We run quite a number of tests and experiments.
I suppose you've recently received quite a number of things from Ed.
I've seen him talking to quite a number of young women.
He left quite a number of shorter works, mostly translations of classics.
I have quite a number of former students.
You did quite a number on him, Laurel.
He did quite a number on that lock, too.
That shark did quite a number on your sorry tail.
Unemployment is rising again in quite a number of Member States.
I have held quite a number of meetings on microcredit as well.
The conciliatory posture of the rapporteur, Mrs Oomen-Ruijten, has prevented quite a number of stumbling blocks.

Alternatives:

a considerable number
a significant number
a good number
a fair number
a decent number

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