| No | Pattern | Freq | Relations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | [prep] [adj] years [coord] | 1635 |
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| 2 | [prep] [num] years [conj] | 1504 |
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| 3 | [prep] [adj] years and | 1255 |
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| 4 | [prep] [adj] years and | 1255 |
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| 5 | for [adj] years [conj] | 1190 |
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| 6 | [prep] [adj] years [subord] | 412 |
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| 7 | [prep] [det] years [conj] | 385 |
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| 8 | in [adj] years [conj] | 325 |
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| 9 | [prep] [adj] years or | 257 |
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| 10 | [prep] [adj] years or | 257 |
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| 11 | [prep] [adj] years [conj] | 233 |
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| 12 | [prep] many years [conj] | 213 |
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| 13 | [prep] many years [conj] | 213 |
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| 14 | [prep] two years [conj] | 195 |
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| 15 | [prep] two years [conj] | 195 |
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| 16 | of [adj] years [conj] | 178 |
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| 17 | [prep] five years [conj] | 158 |
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| 18 | [prep] recent years [conj] | 158 |
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| 19 | [prep] five years [conj] | 158 |
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| 20 | [prep] recent years [conj] | 158 |
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| 21 | [prep] three years [conj] | 130 |
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| 22 | [prep] three years [conj] | 130 |
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| 23 | [prep] [adj] years but | 122 |
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| 24 | [prep] [adj] years but | 122 |
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| 25 | to [adj] years [conj] | 119 |
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| 26 | [prep] [adj] years that | 94 |
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| 27 | [prep] [adj] years [that] | 94 |
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| 28 | [prep] [adj] years as | 94 |
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| 29 | [prep] [adj] years as | 94 |
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| 30 | [prep] [adj] years that | 94 |
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