| No | Pattern | Freq | Relations |
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| 1 | [v-ing] the [adv] [adj] | 1034 |
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| 2 | [v-ing] the [adv] [adj] | 960 |
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| 3 | [v-ing] the most [adj] | 400 |
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| 4 | [v-ing] the most [adj] | 400 |
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| 5 | [v-ing] the more [adj] | 133 |
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| 6 | [v-ing] the more [adj] | 133 |
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| 7 | [v-ing] the very [adj] | 99 |
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| 8 | [v-ing] the very [adj] | 99 |
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| 9 | using the [adv] [adj] | 56 |
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| 10 | making the [adv] [adj] | 40 |
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| 11 | [v-ing] the [adv] important | 38 |
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| 12 | [v-ing] the [adv] important | 38 |
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| 13 | [v-ing] the [adv] [adj -est] | 35 |
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| 14 | [v-ing] the less [adj] | 21 |
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| 15 | [v-ing] the less [adj] | 21 |
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| 16 | taking the [adv] [adj] | 18 |
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| 17 | [v-ing] the [adv] effective | 18 |
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| 18 | [v-ing] the [adv] effective | 18 |
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| 19 | becoming the [adv] [adj] | 17 |
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| 20 | having the [adv] [adj] | 17 |
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| 21 | [v-ing] the [adv] [adj -er] | 17 |
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| 22 | [v-ing] the relatively [adj] | 16 |
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| 23 | [v-ing] the relatively [adj] | 16 |
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| 24 | [v-ing] the [adv] appropriate | 15 |
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| 25 | producing the [adv] [adj] | 15 |
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| 26 | [v-ing] the [adv] appropriate | 15 |
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| 27 | wearing the [adv] [adj] | 15 |
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| 28 | [v-ing] the [adv] advanced | 15 |
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| 29 | [v-ing] the [adv] advanced | 15 |
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| 30 | [v-ing] the [adv] late | 14 |
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