| No | Pattern | Freq | Relations |
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| 1 | [verb] to [be] [prep] a [adj] | 176 |
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| 2 | [vb pp] to [be] [prep] a [adj] | 53 |
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| 3 | [vb past] to [be] [prep] a [adj] | 36 |
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| 4 | [vb base] to [be] [prep] a [adj] | 31 |
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| 5 | [vb -s] to [be] [prep] a [adj] | 30 |
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| 6 | say to [be] [prep] a [adj] | 27 |
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| 7 | seem to [be] [prep] a [adj] | 25 |
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| 8 | said to [be] [prep] a [adj] | 25 |
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| 9 | [noun] to [be] [prep] a [adj] | 24 |
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| 10 | have to [be] [prep] a [adj] | 24 |
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| 11 | [vb infin] to [be] [prep] a [adj] | 19 |
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| 12 | [noun sg] to [be] [prep] a [adj] | 18 |
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| 13 | [adj] to [be] [prep] a [adj] | 16 |
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| 14 | need to [be] [prep] a [adj] | 15 |
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| 15 | [adj] to [be] [prep] a [adj] | 15 |
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| 16 | [pron] to [be] [prep] a [adj] | 14 |
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| 17 | [be] to [be] [prep] a [adj] | 13 |
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| 18 | be to [be] [prep] a [adj] | 13 |
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| 19 | seemed to [be] [prep] a [adj] | 11 |
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| 20 | tend to [be] [prep] a [adj] | 10 |
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| 21 | [was/were] to [be] [prep] a [adj] | 10 |
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| 22 | appear to [be] [prep] a [adj] | 10 |
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| 23 | likely to [be] [prep] a [adj] | 9 |
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| 24 | likely to [be] [prep] a [adj] | 9 |
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| 25 | has to [be] [prep] a [adj] | 9 |
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| 26 | [vb mod] to [be] [prep] a [adj] | 8 |
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| 27 | [pers pn] to [be] [prep] a [adj] | 8 |
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| 28 | [modal v] to [be] [prep] a [adj] | 8 |
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| 29 | want to [be] [prep] a [adj] | 8 |
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| 30 | have to [be] [prep] a [adj] | 7 |
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