SN4 ""

No	Pattern	Freq
1	the [adj] [noun] were [prep]	556
2	the [adj] [noun] were [prep]	408
3	the [noun] [noun] were [prep]	238
4	the [noun sg] [noun] were [prep]	181
5	the [num] [noun] were [prep]	77
6	the two [noun] were [prep]	49
7	the two [noun] were [prep]	49
8	the [noun prp] [noun] were [prep]	47
9	the new [noun] were [prep]	30
10	the [adj -est] [noun] were [prep]	29
11	the new [noun] were [prep]	29
12	the [num ord] [noun] were [prep]	23
13	the other [noun] were [prep]	22
14	the other [noun] were [prep]	22
15	the first [noun] were [prep]	13
16	the first [noun] were [prep]	13
17	the young [noun] were [prep]	11
18	the local [noun] were [prep]	10
19	the local [noun] were [prep]	10
20	the [adj -er] [noun] were [prep]	10
21	the old [noun] were [prep]	10
22	the young [noun] were [prep]	9
23	the [det] [noun] were [prep]	9
24	the three [noun] were [prep]	7
25	the high [noun] were [prep]	7
26	the main [noun] were [prep]	7
27	the old [noun] were [prep]	7
28	the [noun pl] [noun] were [prep]	7
29	the three [noun] were [prep]	7
30	the main [noun] were [prep]	7