SN4 ""

No	Pattern	Freq
1	[be] the first [adj]	893
2	be the first [adj]	893
3	[be] the first [adj]	811
4	[was/were] the first [adj]	420
5	was the first [adj]	369
6	[is] the first [adj]	250
7	is the first [adj]	229
8	be the first [adj]	150
9	[be] the first [adj]	150
10	[be] the first major	64
11	[be] the first major	64
12	were the first [adj]	51
13	[be] the first [num]	45
14	[am/are] the first [adj]	36
15	[be] the first [det]	34
16	[be] the first british	31
17	[be] the first british	31
18	[be] the first such	26
19	[be] the first such	26
20	are the first [adj]	25
21	been the first [adj]	22
22	[been] the first [adj]	22
23	[be] the first real	21
24	's the first [adj]	21
25	[be] the first real	21
26	[be] the first official	18
27	[be] the first official	18
28	[be] the first big	17
29	[be] the first big	17
30	[be] the first two	16