SN4 ""

No	Pattern	Freq
1	[conj] the thing is that	11
2	[coord] the thing is that	11
3	[verb] the thing is that	9
4	but the thing is that	8
5	[vb base] the thing is that	8
6	but the thing is that	8
7	[adv] the thing is that	6
8	[adv] the thing is that	6
9	the [adj] thing is that	255
10	the [adj] thing is that	229
11	the important thing is that	52
12	the important thing is that	52
13	the other thing is that	28
14	the other thing is that	28
15	the [num ord] thing is that	14
16	the main thing is that	13
17	the only thing is that	13
18	the main thing is that	13
19	the funny thing is that	13
20	the only thing is that	13
21	the sad thing is that	13
22	the funny thing is that	12
23	the sad thing is that	12
24	the [adj -est] thing is that	11
25	the strange thing is that	10
26	the strange thing is that	10
27	the good thing is that	9
28	the interesting thing is that	8
29	the interesting thing is that	8
30	the second thing is that	6