Responder1
eu usaria empheq
.
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{amsmath,empheq}
\usepackage{showframe}% just for the example
\begin{document}
\begin{empheq}[left={a=\empheqlbrace}]{align}
& bbbbbbbbbbb, \\
& ccccccccccc,
\end{empheq}
\end{document}
Porém, se você realmente precisar numerar as linhas, sugiro adicionar subequations
:
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{amsmath,empheq}
\usepackage{showframe}% just for the example
\begin{document}
\begin{subequations}
\begin{empheq}[left={a=\empheqlbrace}]{align}
& bbbbbbbbbbb, \\
& ccccccccccc,
\end{empheq}
\end{subequations}
\end{document}