SN4 ""

No	Pattern	Freq
1	the [noun] [verb] to be	3790
2	the [noun sg] [verb] to be	2763
3	the [noun] [vb -s] to be	1529
4	the [noun] [vb past] to be	1448
5	the [noun] have to be	1225
6	the [noun pl] [verb] to be	838
7	the [noun] seem to be	668
8	the [noun] had to be	553
9	the [noun] [vb base] to be	546
10	the [noun] has to be	498
11	the [noun] appear to be	389
12	the [noun] need to be	344
13	the [noun] seems to be	289
14	the [noun] seemed to be	278
15	the [noun] needs to be	221
16	the [noun] appears to be	168
17	the [noun] tend to be	166
18	the [noun] have to be	152
19	the [noun prp] [verb] to be	138
20	the [noun] appeared to be	131
21	the [noun] [vb pp] to be	130
22	the [noun] seem to be	94
23	the [noun] continue to be	84
24	the [noun] prove to be	83
25	the [noun] [v-ing] to be	82
26	the [noun] appear to be	78
27	the [noun] tends to be	67
28	the [noun] proved to be	66
29	the [noun] need to be	65
30	the [noun] come to be	61