SN4 ""

No	Pattern	Freq
1	much [adj] [noun] than it	13
2	much [adj] [noun sg] than it	12
3	much [adj] [adv] than it	5
4	much [adj] [adv] than it	5
5	be much [adj] than it	37
6	[be] much [adj] than it	37
7	[is] much [adj] than it	25
8	is much [adj] than it	21
9	[adv] much [adj] than it	19
10	[adv] much [adj] than it	18
11	very much [adj] than it	11
12	very much [adj] than it	11
13	was much [adj] than it	8
14	[was/were] much [adj] than it	8
15	[verb] much [adj] than it	6
16	much [adv] [adj] than it	34
17	much [adv] [adj] than it	34
18	much more [adj] than it	22
19	much more [adj] than it	22
20	much less [adj] than it	11
21	much less [adj] than it	11
22	much [adj] than it [be]	33
23	much [adj] than it be	33
24	much [adj] than it [verb]	21
25	much [adj] than it is	17
26	much [adj] than it [is]	17
27	much [adj] than it was	16
28	much [adj] than it [was/were]	16
29	much [adj] than it [vb past]	11
30	much [adj] than it [modal v]	11