| No | Pattern | Freq | Relations |
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| 1 | [noun] be a [adj] [noun sg] | 18137 |
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| 2 | [noun] [be] a [adj] [noun sg] | 17515 |
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| 3 | [noun sg] [be] a [adj] [noun sg] | 11760 |
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| 4 | [noun] [is] a [adj] [noun sg] | 10451 |
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| 5 | [noun] is a [adj] [noun sg] | 10095 |
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| 6 | [noun] [was/were] a [adj] [noun sg] | 6358 |
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| 7 | [noun] was a [adj] [noun sg] | 5886 |
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| 8 | [noun prp] [be] a [adj] [noun sg] | 3673 |
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| 9 | [noun pl] [be] a [adj] [noun sg] | 2377 |
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| 10 | [noun] [am/are] a [adj] [noun sg] | 1068 |
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| 11 | [noun] are a [adj] [noun sg] | 1063 |
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| 12 | [noun] [be] a good [noun sg] | 981 |
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| 13 | [noun] [be] a good [noun sg] | 878 |
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| 14 | [noun] [be] a great [noun sg] | 524 |
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| 15 | [noun] [be] a major [noun sg] | 517 |
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| 16 | [noun] [be] a major [noun sg] | 517 |
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| 17 | [noun] [be] a great [noun sg] | 499 |
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| 18 | [noun] were a [adj] [noun sg] | 472 |
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| 19 | [noun] [be] a [adj] man | 386 |
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| 20 | [noun] 's a [adj] [noun sg] | 356 |
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| 21 | [noun] [be] a [adj -er] [noun sg] | 346 |
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| 22 | [noun] [be] a [adj] example | 306 |
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| 23 | [noun] [be] a [adj] way | 250 |
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| 24 | [noun] [be] a small [noun sg] | 236 |
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| 25 | [noun] [be] a small [noun sg] | 222 |
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| 26 | [noun] [be] a long [noun sg] | 211 |
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| 27 | [noun] [be] a big [noun sg] | 208 |
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| 28 | [noun] [be] a [adj] thing | 206 |
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| 29 | [noun] [be] a long [noun sg] | 203 |
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| 30 | [noun] [be] a big [noun sg] | 191 |
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