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No	Pattern	Freq
1	it was [vb pp] that	4508
2	it [was/were] held that	415
3	it [was/were] agreed that	305
4	it [was/were] reported that	263
5	it [was/were] found that	235
6	it [was/were] announced that	221
7	it [was/were] suggested that	202
8	it [was/were] decided that	200
9	it [was/were] felt that	196
10	it [was/were] said that	172
11	it [was/were] argued that	132
12	it [was/were] estimated that	126
13	it [was/were] thought that	121
14	it [was/were] revealed that	109
15	it [was/were] discovered that	101
16	it [was/were] hoped that	97
17	it [was/were] assumed that	96
18	it [was/were] believed that	88
19	it [was/were] noted that	85
20	it [was/were] expected that	69
21	it [was/were] claimed that	68
22	it [was/were] alleged that	63
23	it [was/were] known that	52
24	it [was/were] stated that	48
25	it [was/were] shown that	48
26	it [was/were] understood that	43
27	it [was/were] accepted that	43
28	it [was/were] realised that	42
29	it [was/were] considered that	38
30	it [was/were] rumoured that	37