The phrase "larger in number" is grammatically correct and commonly used in written English.
It is typically used to compare the quantity of something to another. Example: "The number of participants in the study was significantly larger in number compared to the previous year's research."
The children had to estimate which group of dots was larger in number.
McCall agreed, attributing the criticism to a small faction of conservatives who are simply louder in their opposition as opposed to larger in number.
This is the way with most documents – the male diaries and letters are considerably better preserved than women's and larger in number because for a long time men were more likely to be literate than women.
The two great heroines of Tolstoy's fiction, Anna Karenina and Natasha Rostova, live on outside the confines of their stories in a unique fashion, but Gissing's women are larger in number - he wrote over 20 novels, many with multiple boy-meets-girl strands - and are generally more recognisable from the world I inhabit.
HARRISON, N.J. — For a night, it was Quito on the Passaic River, as an ocean of yellow-clad fans of Ecuador's national team were larger in number and louder in voice than the South Ward supporters of the United States among the 20,707 at Red Bull Arena on Tuesday night.
"Under this government, Scientologists have been added to the list of religions that can perform legal marriages… To describe the legal recognition of humanist marriages as a "fringe" issue insults the many non-religious couples – much larger in number than these many small religious groups - whose planned marriages next year will not be able to go ahead if Number 10 blocks this change".
North American translator Ted Woolsey explained that "The action/adventure players...are larger in numbers and the demographic is different.
Yet, there is one group of Americans who loom large in number and receive little attention in presidential elections: felons.
The lesser nobility, large in number, was considered the second estate.
The native coinages were large in number, and full of boldness and novelty.
"We know that the Al Qaeda forces are relatively large in number just because of the ferocity of the fighting," he said.
