| No | Pattern | Freq | Relations |
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| 1 | [verb] [v-ing] the [adj] [noun sg] | 663 |
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| 2 | [vb pp] [v-ing] the [adj] [noun] | 234 |
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| 3 | [verb] [v-ing] the [adj] [noun pl] | 209 |
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| 4 | [vb past] [v-ing] the [adj] [noun] | 197 |
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| 5 | [verb] using the [adj] [noun] | 148 |
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| 6 | [vb base] [v-ing] the [adj] [noun] | 123 |
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| 7 | [to-vb] [v-ing] the [adj] [noun] | 116 |
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| 8 | [vb -s] [v-ing] the [adj] [noun] | 113 |
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| 9 | [vb infin] [v-ing] the [adj] [noun] | 112 |
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| 10 | involve [v-ing] the [adj] [noun] | 78 |
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| 11 | mean [v-ing] the [adj] [noun] | 51 |
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| 12 | avoid [v-ing] the [adj] [noun] | 50 |
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| 13 | start [v-ing] the [adj] [noun] | 49 |
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| 14 | involves [v-ing] the [adj] [noun] | 43 |
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| 15 | begin [v-ing] the [adj] [noun] | 41 |
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| 16 | to avoid [v-ing] the [adj] [noun] | 35 |
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| 17 | began [v-ing] the [adj] [noun] | 30 |
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| 18 | [verb] [v-ing] the whole [noun] | 30 |
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| 19 | stop [v-ing] the [adj] [noun] | 30 |
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| 20 | means [v-ing] the [adj] [noun] | 29 |
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| 21 | consider [v-ing] the [adj] [noun] | 29 |
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| 22 | [verb] [v-ing] the new [noun] | 28 |
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| 23 | [verb] [v-ing] the [adj] [noun prp] | 26 |
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| 24 | [verb] [v-ing] the following [noun] | 25 |
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| 25 | try [v-ing] the [adj] [noun] | 23 |
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| 26 | keep [v-ing] the [adj] [noun] | 20 |
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| 27 | continue [v-ing] the [adj] [noun] | 19 |
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| 28 | [verb] [v-ing] the old [noun] | 19 |
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| 29 | [v-ing] [v-ing] the [adj] [noun] | 18 |
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| 30 | include [v-ing] the [adj] [noun] | 17 |
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