S/N

PNP-Constructions

BNC

ICE-Nigeria

Ratio

Occurrence

Freq. (pmw)

Occurrence

Freq. (pmw)

1

in terms of

10,060

100.7

145

144

2:3

2

in front of

6118

61.18

25

24.7

5:2

3

in relation to

4668

46.68

14

13.9

7:2

4

in favour of

3525

35.25

27

26.7

3:2

5

in addition to

3426

34.28

38

37.6

2:2.2

6

in respect of

3932

29.32

22

21.7

3:2

7

on behalf of

2713

23.13

31

30.7

2:3

8

in spite of

2703

27.03

36

35.6

2:3

9

on top of

2516

25.16

2

1.98

25:2

10

in accordance with

2032

20.32

23

22.8

1:1.2

11

in response to

2004

20.04

8

7.92

5:2

12

with regard to

1656

16.56

16

15.8

1.2:1

13

in charge of

1636

16.36

3

2.97

33:2

14

by means of

1617

16.17

1

0.99

17:2

15

in connection with

1577

15.77

4

3.96

4:1

16

in view of

1507

15.07

21

20.7

1:2

17

by way of

1419

14.19

0

0

0

18

with respect to

1330

13.3

20

19.8

2:3

19

in conjunction with

1267

12.67

5

4.95

5:2

20

in line with

1241

12.41

26

25.7

1:2

21

in support of

1083

10.83

8

7.92

3:2

22

in search of

980

9.8

1

0.99

10:1

23

by virtue of

953

9.53

12

11.88

4:5

24

in return for

937

9.37

1

0.99

19:2

25

in contrast to

877

8.77

0

0

0

26

in excess of

835

8.35

4

3.96

2:1

27

in place of

775

7.75

3

2.99

5:2

28

in need of

774

7.74

0

0

0

29

in common with

773

7.73

0

0

0

30

by reference to

660

6.6

0

0

0