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No	Pattern	Freq
1	[noun] than it is	192
2	[adj] than it is	188
3	[noun sg] than it is	119
4	[adj -er] than it is	87
5	[adj] than it is	74
6	[noun pl] than it is	48
7	[adv] than it is	41
8	[adv] than it is	39
9	[det] than it is	24
10	[noun prp] than it is	21
11	more than it is	17
12	more than it is	17
13	worse than it is	14
14	bad than it is	14
15	[verb] than it is	13
16	lower than it is	10
17	low than it is	10
18	greater than it is	9
19	[pron] than it is	9
20	great than it is	9
21	higher than it is	7
22	high than it is	7
23	[to-vb] than it is	6
24	more than it is	6
25	better than it is	6
26	[vb pp] than it is	6
27	more than it is	6
28	good than it is	6
29	[pers pn] than it is	6
30	other than it is	5