| No | Pattern | Freq | Relations |
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| 1 | [verb] to [be] [adj -er] [subord] | 215 |
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| 2 | [vb pp] to [be] [adj -er] [subord] | 57 |
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| 3 | [vb base] to [be] [adj -er] [subord] | 49 |
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| 4 | [adj] to [be] [adj -er] [subord] | 45 |
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| 5 | [adj] to [be] [adj -er] [subord] | 43 |
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| 6 | tend to [be] [adj -er] [subord] | 42 |
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| 7 | likely to [be] [adj -er] [subord] | 34 |
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| 8 | likely to [be] [adj -er] [subord] | 34 |
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| 9 | [vb -s] to [be] [adj -er] [subord] | 33 |
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| 10 | [noun] to [be] [adj -er] [subord] | 33 |
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| 11 | [vb past] to [be] [adj -er] [subord] | 31 |
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| 12 | have to [be] [adj -er] [subord] | 30 |
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| 13 | [vb infin] to [be] [adj -er] [subord] | 25 |
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| 14 | appear to [be] [adj -er] [subord] | 24 |
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| 15 | tend to [be] [adj -er] [subord] | 22 |
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| 16 | [v-ing] to [be] [adj -er] [subord] | 17 |
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| 17 | [adv] to [be] [adj -er] [subord] | 16 |
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| 18 | [noun sg] to [be] [adj -er] [subord] | 16 |
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| 19 | seem to [be] [adj -er] [subord] | 15 |
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| 20 | going to [be] [adj -er] [subord] | 14 |
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| 21 | go to [be] [adj -er] [subord] | 14 |
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| 22 | [adv prt] to [be] [adj -er] [subord] | 12 |
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| 23 | out to [be] [adj -er] [subord] | 11 |
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| 24 | appear to [be] [adj -er] [subord] | 11 |
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| 25 | out to [be] [adj -er] [subord] | 11 |
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| 26 | get to [be] [adj -er] [subord] | 11 |
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| 27 | tends to [be] [adj -er] [subord] | 10 |
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| 28 | [noun pl] to [be] [adj -er] [subord] | 10 |
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| 29 | [pron] to [be] [adj -er] [subord] | 10 |
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| 30 | got to [be] [adj -er] [subord] | 10 |
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