| No | Pattern | Freq | Relations |
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| 1 | [noun] [prep] the first [num] [noun pl] | 857 |
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| 2 | [noun sg] [prep] the first [num] [noun pl] | 444 |
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| 3 | [noun] in the first [num] [noun pl] | 305 |
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| 4 | [noun pl] [prep] the first [num] [noun pl] | 295 |
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| 5 | [noun] [prep] the first [num] months | 247 |
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| 6 | [noun] [prep] the first two [noun pl] | 224 |
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| 7 | [noun] for the first [num] [noun pl] | 193 |
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| 8 | [noun] [prep] the first [num] years | 165 |
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| 9 | [noun] [prep] the first three [noun pl] | 149 |
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| 10 | [noun] of the first [num] [noun pl] | 128 |
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| 11 | [noun] [prep] the first six [noun pl] | 99 |
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| 12 | [noun] during the first [num] [noun pl] | 95 |
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| 13 | [n mass] [prep] the first [num] [noun pl] | 74 |
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| 14 | [noun] [prep] the first [num] days | 60 |
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| 15 | [noun] [prep] the first four [noun pl] | 53 |
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| 16 | [noun] [prep] the first five [noun pl] | 49 |
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| 17 | [noun] [prep] the first [num] minutes | 45 |
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| 18 | [noun prp] [prep] the first [num] [noun pl] | 44 |
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| 19 | [noun] [prep] the first [num] weeks | 43 |
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| 20 | [noun] [prep] the first ten [noun pl] | 32 |
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| 21 | [noun] over the first [num] [noun pl] | 28 |
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| 22 | [noun] [prep] the first nine [noun pl] | 27 |
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| 23 | [noun] within the first [num] [noun pl] | 23 |
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| 24 | [noun] [prep] the first 12 [noun pl] | 22 |
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| 25 | sales [prep] the first [num] [noun pl] | 21 |
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| 26 | sales [prep] the first [num] [noun pl] | 21 |
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| 27 | [noun] [prep] the first eight [noun pl] | 19 |
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| 28 | [noun] [prep] the first [num] hours | 17 |
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| 29 | [noun] on the first [num] [noun pl] | 16 |
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| 30 | [noun] [prep] the first [num] decades | 13 |
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