SN4 ""

No	Pattern	Freq
1	was [vb pp] that the [adj] [noun sg]	193
2	[was/were] [vb pp] that the [adj] [noun sg]	173
3	[was/were] told that the [adj] [noun sg]	19
4	[was/were] [vb pp] that the new [noun sg]	13
5	[was/were] [vb pp] that the new [noun sg]	13
6	[was/were] felt that the [adj] [noun sg]	11
7	[was/were] agreed that the [adj] [noun sg]	10
8	[was/were] held that the [adj] [noun sg]	10
9	were [vb pp] that the [adj] [noun sg]	10
10	[was/were] [vb pp] that the [adj -est] [noun sg]	9
11	[was/were] decided that the [adj] [noun sg]	8
12	[was/were] argued that the [adj] [noun sg]	8
13	[was/were] announced that the [adj] [noun sg]	8
14	[was/were] [vb pp] that the [num ord] [noun sg]	7
15	[was/were] [vb pp] that the best [noun sg]	7
16	[was/were] noted that the [adj] [noun sg]	7
17	[was/were] [vb pp] that the [adj] government	7
18	[was/were] reported that the [adj] [noun sg]	7
19	[was/were] [vb pp] that the [det] [noun sg]	7
20	[was/were] estimated that the [adj] [noun sg]	7
21	[was/were] [vb pp] that the good [noun sg]	7
22	[was/were] believed that the [adj] [noun sg]	7
23	[was/were] [vb pp] that the only [noun sg]	6
24	[was/were] [vb pp] that the only [noun sg]	6
25	[was/were] thought that the [adj] [noun sg]	6
26	[was/were] understood that the [adj] [noun sg]	5
27	[was/were] found that the [adj] [noun sg]	5
28	[was/were] assumed that the [adj] [noun sg]	5
29	[was/were] [vb pp] that the [num] [noun sg]	5
30	[was/were] suggested that the [adj] [noun sg]	5