SN4 ""

No	Pattern	Freq
1	be as [adj] as the [noun sg]	313
2	[be] as [adj] as the [noun sg]	313
3	[adv] as [adj] as the [noun sg]	284
4	[adv] as [adj] as the [noun sg]	218
5	[noun] as [adj] as the [noun sg]	147
6	[is] as [adj] as the [noun sg]	105
7	is as [adj] as the [noun sg]	91
8	[was/were] as [adj] as the [noun sg]	86
9	[noun pl] as [adj] as the [noun sg]	75
10	was as [adj] as the [noun sg]	73
11	be as [adj] as the [noun sg]	69
12	[be] as [adj] as the [noun sg]	69
13	[noun sg] as [adj] as the [noun sg]	68
14	[not/n't] as [adj] as the [noun sg]	63
15	not as [adj] as the [noun sg]	63
16	[verb] as [adj] as the [noun sg]	58
17	not as [adj] as the [noun sg]	58
18	almost as [adj] as the [noun sg]	48
19	almost as [adj] as the [noun sg]	48
20	time as [adj] as the [noun sg]	45
21	times as [adj] as the [noun sg]	44
22	[conj] as [adj] as the [noun sg]	35
23	[am/are] as [adj] as the [noun sg]	34
24	just as [adj] as the [noun sg]	33
25	just as [adj] as the [noun sg]	33
26	[coord] as [adj] as the [noun sg]	32
27	[pron] as [adj] as the [noun sg]	30
28	[prep] as [adj] as the [noun sg]	23
29	[prep] as [adj] as the [noun sg]	23
30	are as [adj] as the [noun sg]	23