| No | Pattern | Freq | Relations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | [art] number of [noun pl] [prep] | 3573 |
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| 2 | [art] number of [noun pl] [prep] | 3573 |
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| 3 | a number of [noun pl] [prep] | 1956 |
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| 4 | a number of [noun pl] [prep] | 1956 |
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| 5 | the number of [noun pl] [prep] | 1617 |
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| 6 | the number of [noun pl] [prep] | 1617 |
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| 7 | [adj] number of [noun pl] [prep] | 1419 |
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| 8 | [adj] number of [noun pl] [prep] | 1205 |
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| 9 | large number of [noun pl] [prep] | 296 |
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| 10 | large number of [noun pl] [prep] | 261 |
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| 11 | total number of [noun pl] [prep] | 113 |
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| 12 | total number of [noun pl] [prep] | 113 |
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| 13 | [det] number of [noun pl] [prep] | 107 |
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| 14 | small number of [noun pl] [prep] | 99 |
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| 15 | small number of [noun pl] [prep] | 82 |
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| 16 | average number of [noun pl] [prep] | 63 |
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| 17 | average number of [noun pl] [prep] | 63 |
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| 18 | any number of [noun pl] [prep] | 62 |
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| 19 | any number of [noun pl] [prep] | 62 |
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| 20 | increasing number of [noun pl] [prep] | 56 |
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| 21 | increasing number of [noun pl] [prep] | 56 |
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| 22 | [adj -er] number of [noun pl] [prep] | 53 |
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| 23 | [adj -est] number of [noun pl] [prep] | 52 |
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| 24 | limited number of [noun pl] [prep] | 51 |
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| 25 | limited number of [noun pl] [prep] | 51 |
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| 26 | great number of [noun pl] [prep] | 46 |
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| 27 | same number of [noun pl] [prep] | 34 |
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| 28 | same number of [noun pl] [prep] | 34 |
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| 29 | considerable number of [noun pl] [prep] | 31 |
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| 30 | high number of [noun pl] [prep] | 31 |
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