| No | Pattern | Freq | Relations |
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| 1 | [verb] a number of [noun] [prep] | 691 |
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| 2 | [prep] a number of [noun] [prep] | 587 |
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| 3 | [prep] a number of [noun] [prep] | 587 |
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| 4 | [be] a number of [noun] [prep] | 345 |
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| 5 | be a number of [noun] [prep] | 345 |
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| 6 | [am/are] a number of [noun] [prep] | 227 |
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| 7 | are a number of [noun] [prep] | 226 |
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| 8 | [vb past] a number of [noun] [prep] | 195 |
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| 9 | [vb pp] a number of [noun] [prep] | 158 |
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| 10 | [vb -s] a number of [noun] [prep] | 115 |
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| 11 | in a number of [noun] [prep] | 104 |
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| 12 | in a number of [noun] [prep] | 104 |
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| 13 | of a number of [noun] [prep] | 94 |
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| 14 | of a number of [noun] [prep] | 94 |
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| 15 | [adv] a number of [noun] [prep] | 92 |
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| 16 | have a number of [noun] [prep] | 91 |
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| 17 | [conj] a number of [noun] [prep] | 90 |
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| 18 | [vb base] a number of [noun] [prep] | 79 |
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| 19 | for a number of [noun] [prep] | 68 |
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| 20 | for a number of [noun] [prep] | 68 |
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| 21 | on a number of [noun] [prep] | 68 |
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| 22 | on a number of [noun] [prep] | 68 |
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| 23 | [to-vb] a number of [noun] [prep] | 63 |
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| 24 | [coord] a number of [noun] [prep] | 60 |
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| 25 | [adv] a number of [noun] [prep] | 55 |
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| 26 | to a number of [noun] [prep] | 53 |
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| 27 | to a number of [noun] [prep] | 53 |
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| 28 | and a number of [noun] [prep] | 50 |
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| 29 | and a number of [noun] [prep] | 50 |
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| 30 | [v-ing] a number of [noun] [prep] | 47 |
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