| No | Pattern | Freq | Relations |
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| 1 | was [num] of the [adj] [noun pl] | 728 |
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| 2 | was one [prep] the [adj] [noun pl] | 727 |
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| 3 | was [num] [prep] the [adj] [noun pl] | 282 |
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| 4 | was [num] [prep] the [adj -est] [noun pl] | 190 |
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| 5 | was [num] [prep] the [num ord] [noun pl] | 110 |
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| 6 | was [num] [prep] the first [noun pl] | 97 |
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| 7 | was [num] [prep] the first [noun pl] | 97 |
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| 8 | was [num] [prep] the [det] [noun pl] | 84 |
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| 9 | was [num] [prep] the few [noun pl] | 64 |
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| 10 | was [num] [prep] the few [noun pl] | 64 |
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| 11 | was [num] [prep] the [num] [noun pl] | 51 |
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| 12 | was [num] [prep] the good [noun pl] | 48 |
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| 13 | was [num] [prep] the great [noun pl] | 45 |
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| 14 | was [num] [prep] the main [noun pl] | 44 |
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| 15 | was [num] [prep] the main [noun pl] | 44 |
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| 16 | was [num] [prep] the best [noun pl] | 43 |
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| 17 | was [num] [prep] the great [noun pl] | 24 |
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| 18 | was [num] [prep] the major [noun pl] | 22 |
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| 19 | was [num] [prep] the major [noun pl] | 22 |
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| 20 | was [num] [prep] the [adj] things | 21 |
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| 21 | was [num] [prep] the [adj] ones | 21 |
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| 22 | was [num] [prep] the greatest [noun pl] | 21 |
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| 23 | was [num] [prep] the many [noun pl] | 20 |
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| 24 | was [num] [prep] the many [noun pl] | 20 |
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| 25 | was [num] [prep] the [adj] reasons | 20 |
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| 26 | was [num] [prep] the bad [noun pl] | 18 |
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| 27 | was [num] [prep] the early [noun pl] | 16 |
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| 28 | was [num] [prep] the worst [noun pl] | 16 |
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| 29 | was [num] [prep] the [adj -er] [noun pl] | 14 |
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| 30 | was [num] [prep] the big [noun pl] | 14 |
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