SN4 ""

No	Pattern	Freq
1	[verb] to be [verb] the [noun]	351
2	[vb past] to be [verb] the [noun]	103
3	[vb pp] to be [verb] the [noun]	91
4	seem to be [verb] the [noun]	88
5	[noun] to be [verb] the [noun]	79
6	be to be [verb] the [noun]	78
7	[be] to be [verb] the [noun]	78
8	[adj] to be [verb] the [noun]	69
9	[adj] to be [verb] the [noun]	64
10	[noun sg] to be [verb] the [noun]	59
11	[vb -s] to be [verb] the [noun]	57
12	[vb base] to be [verb] the [noun]	45
13	seemed to be [verb] the [noun]	40
14	appear to be [verb] the [noun]	40
15	is to be [verb] the [noun]	38
16	[adv] to be [verb] the [noun]	38
17	[is] to be [verb] the [noun]	38
18	[modal v] to be [verb] the [noun]	27
19	have to be [verb] the [noun]	27
20	[adv] to be [verb] the [noun]	27
21	[vb mod] to be [verb] the [noun]	27
22	[vb infin] to be [verb] the [noun]	26
23	[v-ing] to be [verb] the [noun]	24
24	[was/were] to be [verb] the [noun]	24
25	seems to be [verb] the [noun]	23
26	supposed to be [verb] the [noun]	21
27	supposed to be [verb] the [noun]	21
28	go to be [verb] the [noun]	19
29	going to be [verb] the [noun]	19
30	[pron] to be [verb] the [noun]	18