| No | Pattern | Freq | Relations |
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| 1 | [verb] to be the [noun sg] [prep] | 942 |
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| 2 | [vb pp] to be the [noun sg] [prep] | 310 |
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| 3 | [vb -s] to be the [noun sg] [prep] | 214 |
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| 4 | [vb past] to be the [noun sg] [prep] | 185 |
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| 5 | seem to be the [noun sg] [prep] | 181 |
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| 6 | [adj] to be the [noun sg] [prep] | 154 |
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| 7 | [be] to be the [noun sg] [prep] | 142 |
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| 8 | [noun] to be the [noun sg] [prep] | 142 |
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| 9 | be to be the [noun sg] [prep] | 142 |
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| 10 | [adj] to be the [noun sg] [prep] | 137 |
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| 11 | [vb infin] to be the [noun sg] [prep] | 111 |
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| 12 | [was/were] to be the [noun sg] [prep] | 101 |
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| 13 | [adv] to be the [noun sg] [prep] | 99 |
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| 14 | seems to be the [noun sg] [prep] | 93 |
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| 15 | [noun sg] to be the [noun sg] [prep] | 93 |
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| 16 | appear to be the [noun sg] [prep] | 90 |
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| 17 | was to be the [noun sg] [prep] | 90 |
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| 18 | [vb base] to be the [noun sg] [prep] | 74 |
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| 19 | likely to be the [noun sg] [prep] | 71 |
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| 20 | likely to be the [noun sg] [prep] | 71 |
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| 21 | [pron] to be the [noun sg] [prep] | 56 |
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| 22 | have to be the [noun sg] [prep] | 50 |
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| 23 | appears to be the [noun sg] [prep] | 49 |
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| 24 | [adv prt] to be the [noun sg] [prep] | 49 |
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| 25 | seemed to be the [noun sg] [prep] | 49 |
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| 26 | prove to be the [noun sg] [prep] | 49 |
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| 27 | think to be the [noun sg] [prep] | 44 |
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| 28 | [vb mod] to be the [noun sg] [prep] | 43 |
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| 29 | [modal v] to be the [noun sg] [prep] | 43 |
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| 30 | [pers pn] to be the [noun sg] [prep] | 43 |
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