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NOUNS AND THE NOUN PHRASE 123
Most Common Noun Phrases Found in Academic Prose
Nouns with Prepositional Phrases
the relationship between the the difference between the an important part in
an important role in an increase in the the same way as
Prepositional Phrases Followed by the Of-phrase
as a result of the
as in the case of the
at the end of the
at the beginning of the
at the time of the ... at the time of writing
from the point of view (of) in the context of the
in the division of labor in the course of the
in the early stages of
Most Common Noun Phrases Found in Academic Prose
Four-Word Units: Noun Phrases Followed by an O/-phrase
(and) the development of the different parts of the
one of the main/most other parts of the
part(s) of the body parts of the world per cent of the
point of view of
the ability of the
the absence of a
the base/basis of the the beginning of the the case of a/the
the center of the
the composition of the the context of the
the course of the
the division of labor the early stages of
and the number of the edge of the
the effect(s) of the the end of the
the existence of a
the first of these theform of a/the
the formation of the the history of the
the importance of the the length of the
the level of the
the magnitude of the the nature of the
the needs of the
the origin of the
the point of view
the position of the the presence of a/the
both sides of the thepresenceorabsenceofthe the purpose of the
the rest of the
the results of the
the role of the
the shape of the
the size of the
the start of the
the structure of the
the sum of the
the temperature of the
the time of the
the top of the
the total number of
the use of a/the
the value of the
the work of the
(Adapted from Biber et al., 1999)
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