| No | Pattern | Freq | Relations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | [art] number of [noun pl] [prep] | 3487 |
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| 2 | [art] number of [noun pl] [prep] | 3487 |
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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] | 1531 |
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| 6 | the number of [noun pl] [prep] | 1531 |
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| 7 | [adj] number of [noun pl] [prep] | 1195 |
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| 8 | [adj] number of [noun pl] [prep] | 999 |
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| 9 | large number of [noun pl] [prep] | 206 |
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| 10 | large number of [noun pl] [prep] | 179 |
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| 11 | total number of [noun pl] [prep] | 107 |
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| 12 | total number of [noun pl] [prep] | 107 |
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| 13 | [det] number of [noun pl] [prep] | 106 |
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| 14 | small number of [noun pl] [prep] | 81 |
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| 15 | small number of [noun pl] [prep] | 69 |
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| 16 | any number of [noun pl] [prep] | 62 |
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| 17 | any number of [noun pl] [prep] | 62 |
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| 18 | average number of [noun pl] [prep] | 59 |
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| 19 | average number of [noun pl] [prep] | 59 |
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| 20 | [adj -est] number of [noun pl] [prep] | 50 |
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| 21 | limited number of [noun pl] [prep] | 50 |
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| 22 | limited number of [noun pl] [prep] | 50 |
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| 23 | increasing number of [noun pl] [prep] | 44 |
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| 24 | increasing number of [noun pl] [prep] | 44 |
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| 25 | great number of [noun pl] [prep] | 42 |
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| 26 | [adj -er] number of [noun pl] [prep] | 38 |
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| 27 | same number of [noun pl] [prep] | 33 |
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| 28 | same number of [noun pl] [prep] | 33 |
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| 29 | maximum number of [noun pl] [prep] | 29 |
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| 30 | maximum number of [noun pl] [prep] | 29 |
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