| relation be | 35.94 | Are relations really that bad? | ||
| relation improve | 11.85 | Relations have improved recently. | ||
| relation remain | 7.11 | But relations remain testy. | ||
| relation deteriorate | 5.99 | Relations deteriorated. | ||
| relation sour | 4.28 | But relations soon soured. | ||
| relation warm | 2.63 | Relations have since warmed. | ||
| relation begin | 2.44 | Relations began to improve in recent months. | ||
| relation suffer | 2.24 | Labor relations have suffered. | ||
| relation continue | 2.11 | Relations continue to thaw. | ||
| relation worsen | 1.97 | Relations with Europe worsened. | ||
| relation have | 1.91 | What relation has the first paragraph to the last? | ||
| relation grow | 1.78 | Relations grow warmer. | ||
| relation become | 1.65 | Russians followed when relations between Moscow and Hanoi became tight. | ||
| relation take | 1.58 | Furthermore, class relations take distinct forms within societies. | ||
| relation appear | 1.38 | On the surface, social relations appear calm. | ||
| relation thaw | 1.05 | Relations have thawed in recent years. | ||
| relation cool | 0.99 | U.S-Russian relations cool over Iraqi crisis. | ||
| relation turn | 0.99 | But after the election, relations turned sour. | ||
| relation get | 0.92 | Human relations in space get short shrift at NASA. | ||
| relation go | 0.92 | Relations went from bad to worse. |