SN4 ""

No	Pattern	Freq
1	be [verb] [prep] the [adj] [prep]	512
2	be [vb pp] [prep] the [adj] [prep]	448
3	be [verb] [prep] the [adj] of	214
4	was [verb] [prep] the [adj] [prep]	151
5	be [verb] [prep] the [adj] [prep]	149
6	be [verb] [prep] the [num] [prep]	140
7	be [verb] in the [adj] [prep]	124
8	be [verb] [prep] the [adj] [prep]	106
9	be [verb] [prep] the [num ord] [prep]	100
10	be [verb] [prep] the [adj -est] [prep]	83
11	be [verb] [prep] the [adj] by	78
12	be [verb] to the [adj] [prep]	70
13	is [verb] [prep] the [adj] [prep]	69
14	be [verb] [prep] the [adj] in	69
15	were [verb] [prep] the [adj] [prep]	66
16	be [verb] on the [adj] [prep]	61
17	be [v-ing] [prep] the [adj] [prep]	56
18	be [verb] by the [adj] [prep]	49
19	been [verb] [prep] the [adj] [prep]	48
20	are [verb] [prep] the [adj] [prep]	40
21	be [verb] as the [adj] [prep]	35
22	be [verb] [prep] the [adj] to	35
23	be [verb] from the [adj] [prep]	32
24	be [verb] [prep] the first [prep]	31
25	be [verb] [prep] the [adj -er] [prep]	31
26	be [verb] [prep] the first [prep]	31
27	be [verb] [prep] the good [prep]	28
28	be [verb] [prep] the best [prep]	27
29	be [verb] at the [adj] [prep]	27
30	be [verb] [prep] the low [prep]	26