SN4 ""

No	Pattern	Freq
1	were [vb pp] to the [adj] [noun sg]	211
2	were [vb pp] to the [adj] [noun sg]	178
3	were [vb pp] to the [num ord] [noun sg]	12
4	were added to the [adj] [noun sg]	12
5	were taken to the [adj] [noun sg]	9
6	were [vb pp] to the [det] [noun sg]	9
7	were [vb pp] to the national [noun sg]	8
8	were made to the [adj] [noun sg]	8
9	were [vb pp] to the national [noun sg]	8
10	were [vb pp] to the same [noun sg]	7
11	were linked to the [adj] [noun sg]	7
12	were [vb pp] to the same [noun sg]	7
13	were transferred to the [adj] [noun sg]	7
14	were referred to the [adj] [noun sg]	6
15	were [vb pp] to the [adj -est] [noun sg]	5
16	were allocated to the [adj] [noun sg]	5
17	were elected to the [adj] [noun sg]	5
18	were subjected to the [adj] [noun sg]	5
19	were confined to the [adj] [noun sg]	5
20	were given to the [adj] [noun sg]	5