{"id":12889,"date":"2025-05-09T09:00:50","date_gmt":"2025-05-09T07:00:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/zinaida-english.mamchenkov.net\/blog\/?p=12889"},"modified":"2025-04-22T16:27:59","modified_gmt":"2025-04-22T14:27:59","slug":"collocations-with-number-instead-of-small-or-large","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/zinaida-english.mamchenkov.net\/blog\/archives\/12889","title":{"rendered":"Collocations with &#8216;number&#8217; instead of &#8216;small&#8217; or &#8216;large&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-12890\" src=\"http:\/\/zinaida-english.mamchenkov.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/people.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"770\" height=\"560\" srcset=\"https:\/\/zinaida-english.mamchenkov.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/people.jpg 770w, https:\/\/zinaida-english.mamchenkov.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/people-300x218.jpg 300w, https:\/\/zinaida-english.mamchenkov.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/people-768x559.jpg 768w, https:\/\/zinaida-english.mamchenkov.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/people-413x300.jpg 413w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 770px) 100vw, 770px\" \/>\u201cNumber\u201d \u0438\u0441\u043f\u043e\u043b\u044c\u0437\u0443\u0435\u0442\u0441\u044f \u0441 \u0438\u0441\u0447\u0438\u0441\u043b\u044f\u0435\u043c\u044b\u043c\u0438 \u0441\u0443\u0449\u0435\u0441\u0442\u0432\u0438\u0442\u0435\u043b\u044c\u043d\u044b\u043c\u0438:<br \/>\n<strong>a minute number<\/strong> (\u043d\u0438\u0447\u0442\u043e\u0436\u043d\u043e \u043c\u0430\u043b\u043e\u0435 \u043a\u043e\u043b\u0438\u0447\u0435\u0441\u0442\u0432\u043e)<br \/>\n<em>Only a minute number of people disagreed with the decision.\u00a0(\u041b\u0438\u0448\u044c \u043d\u0438\u0447\u0442\u043e\u0436\u043d\u043e \u043c\u0430\u043b\u043e\u0435 \u043a\u043e\u043b\u0438\u0447\u0435\u0441\u0442\u0432\u043e \u043b\u044e\u0434\u0435\u0439 \u043d\u0435 \u0441\u043e\u0433\u043b\u0430\u0441\u0438\u043b\u043e\u0441\u044c \u0441 \u0440\u0435\u0448\u0435\u043d\u0438\u0435\u043c.)<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>a tiny number<\/strong> (\u043d\u0435\u0431\u043e\u043b\u044c\u0448\u043e\u0435 \u043a\u043e\u043b\u0438\u0447\u0435\u0441\u0442\u0432\u043e)<br \/>\n<em>A tiny number of students passed the advanced exam.\u00a0(\u041d\u0435\u0431\u043e\u043b\u044c\u0448\u043e\u0435 \u043a\u043e\u043b\u0438\u0447\u0435\u0441\u0442\u0432\u043e \u0441\u0442\u0443\u0434\u0435\u043d\u0442\u043e\u0432 \u0441\u0434\u0430\u043b\u0438 \u043f\u0440\u043e\u0434\u0432\u0438\u043d\u0443\u0442\u044b\u0439 \u044d\u043a\u0437\u0430\u043c\u0435\u043d.)<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>a significant number<\/strong> (\u0437\u043d\u0430\u0447\u0438\u0442\u0435\u043b\u044c\u043d\u043e\u0435 \u043a\u043e\u043b\u0438\u0447\u0435\u0441\u0442\u0432\u043e)<br \/>\n<em>A significant number of participants chose to leave early.\u00a0(\u0417\u043d\u0430\u0447\u0438\u0442\u0435\u043b\u044c\u043d\u043e\u0435 \u043a\u043e\u043b\u0438\u0447\u0435\u0441\u0442\u0432\u043e \u0443\u0447\u0430\u0441\u0442\u043d\u0438\u043a\u043e\u0432 \u0440\u0435\u0448\u0438\u043b\u043e \u0443\u0439\u0442\u0438 \u043f\u043e\u0440\u0430\u043d\u044c\u0448\u0435.)<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>an enormous number<\/strong> (\u043e\u0433\u0440\u043e\u043c\u043d\u043e\u0435 \u043a\u043e\u043b\u0438\u0447\u0435\u0441\u0442\u0432\u043e)<br \/>\n<em>An enormous number of emails flooded the inbox.\u00a0(\u041e\u0433\u0440\u043e\u043c\u043d\u043e\u0435 \u043a\u043e\u043b\u0438\u0447\u0435\u0441\u0442\u0432\u043e \u043f\u0438\u0441\u0435\u043c \u0437\u0430\u043f\u043e\u043b\u043d\u0438\u043b\u043e \u043f\u043e\u0447\u0442\u043e\u0432\u044b\u0439 \u044f\u0449\u0438\u043a.)<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>a surprising number<\/strong> (\u0443\u0434\u0438\u0432\u0438\u0442\u0435\u043b\u044c\u043d\u043e \u0431\u043e\u043b\u044c\u0448\u043e\u0435 \u043a\u043e\u043b\u0438\u0447\u0435\u0441\u0442\u0432\u043e )<br \/>\n<em>A surprising number of people supported the unpopular opinion.\u00a0(\u0423\u0434\u0438\u0432\u0438\u0442\u0435\u043b\u044c\u043d\u043e \u0431\u043e\u043b\u044c\u0448\u043e\u0435 \u043a\u043e\u043b\u0438\u0447\u0435\u0441\u0442\u0432\u043e \u043b\u044e\u0434\u0435\u0439 \u043f\u043e\u0434\u0434\u0435\u0440\u0436\u0430\u043b\u0438 \u043d\u0435\u043f\u043e\u043f\u0443\u043b\u044f\u0440\u043d\u043e\u0435 \u043c\u043d\u0435\u043d\u0438\u0435.)<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>a substantial number<\/strong> (\u0441\u0443\u0449\u0435\u0441\u0442\u0432\u0435\u043d\u043d\u043e\u0435 \u043a\u043e\u043b\u0438\u0447\u0435\u0441\u0442\u0432\u043e)<br \/>\n<em>A substantial number of voters turned out for the election.\u00a0(\u0421\u0443\u0449\u0435\u0441\u0442\u0432\u0435\u043d\u043d\u043e\u0435 \u043a\u043e\u043b\u0438\u0447\u0435\u0441\u0442\u0432\u043e \u0438\u0437\u0431\u0438\u0440\u0430\u0442\u0435\u043b\u0435\u0439 \u043f\u0440\u0438\u0448\u043b\u043e \u043d\u0430 \u0432\u044b\u0431\u043e\u0440\u044b.)<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>a considerable number<\/strong> (\u0437\u043d\u0430\u0447\u0438\u0442\u0435\u043b\u044c\u043d\u043e\u0435 \u043a\u043e\u043b\u0438\u0447\u0435\u0441\u0442\u0432\u043e)<br \/>\n<em>A considerable number of errors were found in the report.\u00a0(\u0412 \u043e\u0442\u0447\u0451\u0442\u0435 \u0431\u044b\u043b\u043e \u043d\u0430\u0439\u0434\u0435\u043d\u043e \u0437\u043d\u0430\u0447\u0438\u0442\u0435\u043b\u044c\u043d\u043e\u0435 \u043a\u043e\u043b\u0438\u0447\u0435\u0441\u0442\u0432\u043e \u043e\u0448\u0438\u0431\u043e\u043a.)<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cNumber\u201d \u0438\u0441\u043f\u043e\u043b\u044c\u0437\u0443\u0435\u0442\u0441\u044f \u0441 \u0438\u0441\u0447\u0438\u0441\u043b\u044f\u0435\u043c\u044b\u043c\u0438 \u0441\u0443\u0449\u0435\u0441\u0442\u0432\u0438\u0442\u0435\u043b\u044c\u043d\u044b\u043c\u0438: a minute number (\u043d\u0438\u0447\u0442\u043e\u0436\u043d\u043e \u043c\u0430\u043b\u043e\u0435 \u043a\u043e\u043b\u0438\u0447\u0435\u0441\u0442\u0432\u043e) Only a minute number of people disagreed with the decision.\u00a0(\u041b\u0438\u0448\u044c \u043d\u0438\u0447\u0442\u043e\u0436\u043d\u043e \u043c\u0430\u043b\u043e\u0435 \u043a\u043e\u043b\u0438\u0447\u0435\u0441\u0442\u0432\u043e \u043b\u044e\u0434\u0435\u0439 \u043d\u0435 \u0441\u043e\u0433\u043b\u0430\u0441\u0438\u043b\u043e\u0441\u044c \u0441 \u0440\u0435\u0448\u0435\u043d\u0438\u0435\u043c.) a tiny number (\u043d\u0435\u0431\u043e\u043b\u044c\u0448\u043e\u0435 \u043a\u043e\u043b\u0438\u0447\u0435\u0441\u0442\u0432\u043e) A tiny number of students passed &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/zinaida-english.mamchenkov.net\/blog\/archives\/12889\">Continue reading <span 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