关于a great number of的用法

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关于a great number of的用法
请问:如果我想说:这里有大量的老虎,应该用:There is a great number of tigers还是there are a great number of tigers?

are,"a number of /a great number of /a small number of "都是用来修饰可数名词复数的,所以谓语用复数.