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 |