SN4 ""

No	Pattern	Freq
1	[pers pn] [is] the [adj] thing	283
2	it [is] the [adj] thing	270
3	[pers pn] 's the [adj] thing	226
4	[pers pn] [is] the [adj] thing	110
5	[pers pn] [is] the [adj -est] thing	74
6	[pers pn] is the [adj] thing	57
7	[pers pn] [is] the only thing	49
8	[pers pn] [is] the only thing	49
9	[pers pn] [is] the [num ord] thing	44
10	[pers pn] [is] the [det] thing	41
11	[pers pn] [is] the same thing	40
12	[pers pn] [is] the same thing	40
13	[pers pn] [is] the good thing	30
14	[pers pn] [is] the best thing	30
15	[pers pn] [is] the last thing	27
16	[pers pn] [is] the last thing	27
17	[pers pn] [is] the right thing	15
18	[pers pn] [is] the right thing	15
19	[pers pn] [is] the first thing	14
20	[pers pn] [is] the first thing	14
21	[pers pn] [is] the real thing	14
22	[pers pn] [is] the real thing	14
23	[pers pn] [is] the one thing	13
24	[pers pn] [is] the one thing	13
25	[pers pn] [is] the [num] thing	13
26	[pers pn] [is] the bad thing	12
27	[pers pn] [is] the worst thing	11
28	[pers pn] [is] the easy thing	10
29	[pers pn] [is] the easiest thing	10
30	he [is] the [adj] thing	8