Assertion: pigeon's number | /r/HasProperty | large
Facets:
value: quite
type: DEGREE
Source sentences:
text: The passenger pigeon was a colonial and gregarious bird and needed large numbers for optimum breeding conditions.
text: It must be assumed that the pigeon was farmed in quite large numbers from the 13th century onwards and this is confirmed in the domestic household records kept by Dame Alice de Breyne in 1413.
text: Pigeons were also eaten in large numbers at banquets, and records of one banquet, held by the Earl of Warwick in 1470, confirm that 4,000 pigeons were served.
text: Though pigeons were still an important food source in the 1800s, they were being stolen from lofts in large numbers to supply the newly fashionable sport of pigeon shooting: they were used as live targets in competitions.
text: This does the pigeons more harm than good as the pigeons begin to gather in large numbers, often leading to inhumane and ineffective attempts to reduce their numbers.
text: Utility pigeons have been artificially selected for weight gain, quick growth, health when kept in large numbers, and health of their infants.