The greater number have escaped, and are being pursued.
He and a number of other prisoners escaped to shore.
He tried to remember how many he had killed before, but the number escaped him since it was no longer part of his past.
A large number of the men escaped to join the partisans.
A number of Jews escaped and tried to join them.
The score must have been half a hundred-but by far the greater number escaped.
A number of prisoners also escaped but most had been recaptured.
In consequence our action was betrayed so that a large number of Jews could escape.
A small number of men escaped and a few survived by feigning death.
However, a small number of librarians escaped into the Sewers.