| No | Pattern | Freq | Relations |
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| 1 | [verb] to [be] a [adj] [noun] | 2385 |
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| 2 | [vb pp] to [be] a [adj] [noun] | 567 |
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| 3 | [vb -s] to [be] a [adj] [noun] | 535 |
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| 4 | [vb past] to [be] a [adj] [noun] | 481 |
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| 5 | [v-ing] to [be] a [adj] [noun] | 370 |
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| 6 | [adj] to [be] a [adj] [noun] | 334 |
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| 7 | seem to [be] a [adj] [noun] | 324 |
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| 8 | [vb infin] to [be] a [adj] [noun] | 318 |
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| 9 | go to [be] a [adj] [noun] | 307 |
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| 10 | going to [be] a [adj] [noun] | 306 |
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| 11 | [adj] to [be] a [adj] [noun] | 283 |
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| 12 | [noun] to [be] a [adj] [noun] | 267 |
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| 13 | [adv] to [be] a [adj] [noun] | 262 |
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| 14 | appear to [be] a [adj] [noun] | 245 |
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| 15 | [be] to [be] a [adj] [noun] | 208 |
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| 16 | be to [be] a [adj] [noun] | 208 |
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| 17 | prove to [be] a [adj] [noun] | 203 |
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| 18 | have to [be] a [adj] [noun] | 198 |
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| 19 | [noun sg] to [be] a [adj] [noun] | 196 |
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| 20 | [adv prt] to [be] a [adj] [noun] | 168 |
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| 21 | out to [be] a [adj] [noun] | 155 |
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| 22 | [pron] to [be] a [adj] [noun] | 155 |
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| 23 | out to [be] a [adj] [noun] | 155 |
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| 24 | seems to [be] a [adj] [noun] | 153 |
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| 25 | [vb mod] to [be] a [adj] [noun] | 124 |
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| 26 | [modal v] to [be] a [adj] [noun] | 124 |
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| 27 | likely to [be] a [adj] [noun] | 123 |
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| 28 | likely to [be] a [adj] [noun] | 123 |
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| 29 | [was/were] to [be] a [adj] [noun] | 121 |
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| 30 | appears to [be] a [adj] [noun] | 114 |
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