S/N

Syntactic Variants

N of forms

Percentage

N of Occurrences

Percentage

Examples

1

in + noun + of

23

37

324

56

in terms of, in form of

2

in + noun + with

16

25.4

98

17

in line with, in touch with

3

in + noun + to

9

14.2

68

12

in relation to

4

in + noun + for

3

5

3

0.7

in return for

5

with + noun + to

3

5

41

7

with respect to

6

by + noun + of

3

5

14

2.4

by virtue of

7

with + noun + of

1

1.6

1

0.2

with support of

8

without + noun + to

1

1.6

1

0.2

without prejudice to

9

on + noun + of

2

3.2

33

6

on behalf of

10

at + noun + with

1

1.6

1

0.2

at variance with

11

with + noun + from

1

1.6

1

0.2

with support from

Total

63

100

585

100