| No | Pattern | Freq | Relations |
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| 1 | [verb] a number of [noun pl] [prep] | 667 |
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| 2 | [prep] a number of [noun pl] [prep] | 568 |
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| 3 | [prep] a number of [noun pl] [prep] | 568 |
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| 4 | be a number of [noun pl] [prep] | 338 |
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| 5 | [be] a number of [noun pl] [prep] | 338 |
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| 6 | [am/are] a number of [noun pl] [prep] | 223 |
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| 7 | are a number of [noun pl] [prep] | 222 |
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| 8 | [vb past] a number of [noun pl] [prep] | 190 |
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| 9 | [vb pp] a number of [noun pl] [prep] | 151 |
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| 10 | [vb -s] a number of [noun pl] [prep] | 114 |
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| 11 | in a number of [noun pl] [prep] | 102 |
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| 12 | in a number of [noun pl] [prep] | 102 |
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| 13 | of a number of [noun pl] [prep] | 89 |
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| 14 | of a number of [noun pl] [prep] | 89 |
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| 15 | [adv] a number of [noun pl] [prep] | 88 |
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| 16 | have a number of [noun pl] [prep] | 87 |
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| 17 | [conj] a number of [noun pl] [prep] | 85 |
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| 18 | [vb base] a number of [noun pl] [prep] | 76 |
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| 19 | on a number of [noun pl] [prep] | 67 |
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| 20 | on a number of [noun pl] [prep] | 67 |
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| 21 | for a number of [noun pl] [prep] | 65 |
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| 22 | for a number of [noun pl] [prep] | 65 |
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| 23 | [to-vb] a number of [noun pl] [prep] | 58 |
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| 24 | [coord] a number of [noun pl] [prep] | 57 |
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| 25 | [adv] a number of [noun pl] [prep] | 51 |
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| 26 | to a number of [noun pl] [prep] | 49 |
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| 27 | to a number of [noun pl] [prep] | 49 |
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| 28 | and a number of [noun pl] [prep] | 47 |
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| 29 | and a number of [noun pl] [prep] | 47 |
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| 30 | [v-ing] a number of [noun pl] [prep] | 45 |
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