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As can be seen, the equal relation in ALC can be used to express precise statistical<br />

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or to express <br />

BC, however, only the former meaning is ever made; that is, this<br />

phraseology is only used to express relations of a strictly statistical nature. Table 9.4 below<br />

summarizes the exact proportions of numerical descriptions in the LSP equal to N in both<br />

corpora.<br />

ALC Numerical (72%) Non-numerical (28%)<br />

BC Numerical (100%)<br />

Table 9.4. Ratio of contextual situation in equal to N<br />

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