Under Malcolm Fraser's Liberal governments in the 1970s, large numbers of refugees fleeing Vietnam in wretched boats were taken in without any great fuss.

Large-scale public projects require the agreement of large numbers of people.

When large numbers of men are unable to find work, unemployment results.

The great divide is not between faiths, but one between intolerant zealots of any tradition and the large numbers of decent, peaceful believers likewise found in each tradition.

Large numbers of people are broken from the notion that the system is working for people, that the system is just or humane or peaceful.

No one can fail to see that the power of the Church among large numbers in many communities is today diminishing, or has already ceased.