SN4 ""

No	Pattern	Freq
1	were [adv] [adv] [adj] than	216
2	were [adv] [adv] [adj] than	191
3	were [adv] more [adj] than	126
4	were [adv] more [adj] than	126
5	were [adv] less [adj] than	51
6	were [adv] less [adj] than	51
7	were much [adv] [adj] than	48
8	were far [adv] [adj] than	31
9	were [adv] [adv] [adj -er] than	21
10	were even [adv] [adj] than	21
11	were [adv] [adv] likely than	19
12	were [adv] [adv] likely than	19
13	were [adv] much [adj] than	11
14	were [adv] much [adj] than	11
15	were more [adv] [adj] than	9
16	were often [adv] [adj] than	7
17	were [adv] [adv] important than	7
18	were [adv] [adv] important than	7
19	were probably [adv] [adj] than	6
20	were rather [adv] [adj] than	6
21	were also [adv] [adj] than	6
22	were considerably [adv] [adj] than	5
23	were clearly [adv] [adj] than	5
24	were less [adv] [adj] than	5