No | Pattern | Freq | Relations |
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1 | [be] [adj -er] than | 5957 | |
2 | be [adj -er] than | 5956 | |
3 | [is] [adj -er] than | 2286 | |
4 | is [adj -er] than | 1786 | |
5 | [was/were] [adj -er] than | 1438 | |
6 | [be] better than | 1191 | |
7 | was [adj -er] than | 1078 | |
8 | [be] [adj -er] than | 1066 | |
9 | be [adj -er] than | 1066 | |
10 | [am/are] [adj -er] than | 942 | |
11 | are [adj -er] than | 762 | |
12 | [be] greater than | 580 | |
13 | 's [adj -er] than | 499 | |
14 | [be] higher than | 474 | |
15 | [be] worse than | 364 | |
16 | [be] lower than | 360 | |
17 | were [adj -er] than | 360 | |
18 | [be] bigger than | 221 | |
19 | [be] smaller than | 192 | |
20 | [be] older than | 174 | |
21 | [been] [adj -er] than | 166 | |
22 | been [adj -er] than | 166 | |
23 | [be] larger than | 163 | |
24 | [be] cheaper than | 141 | |
25 | [be] stronger than | 133 | |
26 | [be] longer than | 130 | |
27 | 're [adj -er] than | 121 | |
28 | [be] younger than | 100 | |
29 | [be] easier than | 98 | |
30 | [be] wider than | 90 |