| No | Pattern | Freq | Relations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | [was/were] [adv] [adj] than [art] | 443 |
|
| 2 | [was/were] [adv] [adj] than [art] | 436 |
|
| 3 | [was/were] [adv] [adj] than the | 336 |
|
| 4 | [was/were] [adv] [adj] than the | 336 |
|
| 5 | was [adv] [adj] than [art] | 322 |
|
| 6 | [was/were] [adv] [adj] than [art] | 180 |
|
| 7 | [was/were] [adv] [adj -er] than [art] | 170 |
|
| 8 | [was/were] more [adj] than [art] | 141 |
|
| 9 | [was/were] more [adj] than [art] | 141 |
|
| 10 | were [adv] [adj] than [art] | 121 |
|
| 11 | [was/were] [adv] [adj] than a | 106 |
|
| 12 | [was/were] [adv] [adj] than a | 97 |
|
| 13 | [was/were] [adv] [det] than [art] | 93 |
|
| 14 | [was/were] [adv] more than [art] | 74 |
|
| 15 | [was/were] [adv] more than [art] | 74 |
|
| 16 | [was/were] less [adj] than [art] | 37 |
|
| 17 | [was/were] less [adj] than [art] | 37 |
|
| 18 | [was/were] much [adj] than [art] | 34 |
|
| 19 | [was/were] much [adj] than [art] | 34 |
|
| 20 | [was/were] [adv] better than [art] | 32 |
|
| 21 | [was/were] [adv] good than [art] | 32 |
|
| 22 | [was/were] [adv] important than [art] | 27 |
|
| 23 | [was/were] [adv] important than [art] | 27 |
|
| 24 | [was/were] considerably [adj] than [art] | 22 |
|
| 25 | [was/were] considerably [adj] than [art] | 22 |
|
| 26 | [was/were] far [adj] than [art] | 21 |
|
| 27 | [was/were] far [adj] than [art] | 21 |
|
| 28 | [was/were] never [adj] than [art] | 20 |
|
| 29 | [was/were] significantly [adj] than [art] | 20 |
|
| 30 | [was/were] significantly [adj] than [art] | 20 |
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