| No | Pattern | Freq | Relations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | [art] number of [noun] [prep] [noun] | 1046 |
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| 2 | [art] number of [noun] [prep] [noun] | 1046 |
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| 3 | a number of [noun] [prep] [noun] | 558 |
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| 4 | a number of [noun] [prep] [noun] | 558 |
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| 5 | the number of [noun] [prep] [noun] | 488 |
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| 6 | the number of [noun] [prep] [noun] | 488 |
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| 7 | [adj] number of [noun] [prep] [noun] | 377 |
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| 8 | [adj] number of [noun] [prep] [noun] | 310 |
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| 9 | large number of [noun] [prep] [noun] | 57 |
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| 10 | large number of [noun] [prep] [noun] | 50 |
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| 11 | [det] number of [noun] [prep] [noun] | 39 |
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| 12 | average number of [noun] [prep] [noun] | 31 |
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| 13 | average number of [noun] [prep] [noun] | 31 |
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| 14 | total number of [noun] [prep] [noun] | 29 |
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| 15 | total number of [noun] [prep] [noun] | 29 |
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| 16 | any number of [noun] [prep] [noun] | 28 |
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| 17 | any number of [noun] [prep] [noun] | 28 |
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| 18 | small number of [noun] [prep] [noun] | 20 |
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| 19 | increasing number of [noun] [prep] [noun] | 17 |
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| 20 | increasing number of [noun] [prep] [noun] | 17 |
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| 21 | [adj -er] number of [noun] [prep] [noun] | 17 |
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| 22 | [unc] number of [noun] [prep] [noun] | 16 |
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| 23 | [no cls] number of [noun] [prep] [noun] | 16 |
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| 24 | limited number of [noun] [prep] [noun] | 15 |
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| 25 | limited number of [noun] [prep] [noun] | 15 |
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| 26 | great number of [noun] [prep] [noun] | 13 |
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| 27 | small number of [noun] [prep] [noun] | 13 |
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| 28 | considerable number of [noun] [prep] [noun] | 11 |
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| 29 | considerable number of [noun] [prep] [noun] | 11 |
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| 30 | = number of [noun] [prep] [noun] | 11 |
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