| No | Pattern | Freq | Relations |
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| 1 | [verb] to be the [adj] [noun] | 1301 |
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| 2 | [vb pp] to be the [adj] [noun] | 400 |
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| 3 | [vb -s] to be the [adj] [noun] | 272 |
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| 4 | [vb past] to be the [adj] [noun] | 262 |
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| 5 | seem to be the [adj] [noun] | 203 |
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| 6 | [be] to be the [adj] [noun] | 145 |
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| 7 | be to be the [adj] [noun] | 145 |
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| 8 | [noun] to be the [adj] [noun] | 138 |
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| 9 | [adj] to be the [adj] [noun] | 137 |
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| 10 | [vb base] to be the [adj] [noun] | 131 |
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| 11 | [vb infin] to be the [adj] [noun] | 126 |
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| 12 | [adj] to be the [adj] [noun] | 115 |
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| 13 | appear to be the [adj] [noun] | 105 |
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| 14 | [v-ing] to be the [adj] [noun] | 104 |
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| 15 | [was/were] to be the [adj] [noun] | 103 |
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| 16 | seems to be the [adj] [noun] | 95 |
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| 17 | [adv] to be the [adj] [noun] | 89 |
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| 18 | [noun sg] to be the [adj] [noun] | 86 |
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| 19 | go to be the [adj] [noun] | 80 |
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| 20 | going to be the [adj] [noun] | 79 |
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| 21 | was to be the [adj] [noun] | 77 |
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| 22 | consider to be the [adj] [noun] | 75 |
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| 23 | [pron] to be the [adj] [noun] | 73 |
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| 24 | have to be the [adj] [noun] | 73 |
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| 25 | believe to be the [adj] [noun] | 69 |
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| 26 | prove to be the [adj] [noun] | 64 |
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| 27 | [pers pn] to be the [adj] [noun] | 58 |
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| 28 | likely to be the [adj] [noun] | 55 |
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| 29 | likely to be the [adj] [noun] | 55 |
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| 30 | [adv prt] to be the [adj] [noun] | 51 |
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