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Lexical Bundles in Academic Writing: The Issue of Specificity

Table 1:

Rank Bundle in this Study (IBM) Bundle in AFL (2010)(Core academic formulas across various disciplines)
1 more likely to in terms of
2 in order to the use of
3 as well as in order to
4 in terms of as well as
5 the number of the number of
6 The relationship between there is a
7 the level of part of the
8 the impact of a number of
9 are more likely the fact that
10 are more likely to it is not
11 the effect of there is no
12 the effects of the case of
13 the importance of in which the
14 likely to be in the case
15 the host country in the case of
16 in this study based on the
17 as a result the presence of
18 the results of due to the
19 based on the as a result
20 the role of the role of
21 are likely to the development of
22 the extent to which at the same
23 a number of that there is
24 on the other likely to be
25 the use of the effect of
26 the presence of the basis of
27 on the other hand such as the
28 the development of the same time
29 in addition to with respect to
30 in the host the effects of
31 the context of at the same time
32 of this study it can be
33 related to the is that the
34 firms in the on the basis
35 the case of the importance of
36 consistent with the in this case
37 is likely to a variety of
38 of the firm in relation to
39 is consistent with can be used
40 the influence of the context of
41 the likelihood of in other words
42 the value of in the same
43 to control for it may be
44 in other words a series of
45 we find that a result of
46 the fact that is to be
47 in the context of and in the
48 in line with the nature of
49 in the same for example the
50 with respect to on the basis of
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