SN4 ""

No	Pattern	Freq
1	be much [adj] than it	37
2	[be] much [adj] than it	37
3	[is] much [adj] than it	25
4	is much [adj] than it	21
5	[adv] much [adj] than it	19
6	[adv] much [adj] than it	18
7	very much [adj] than it	11
8	very much [adj] than it	11
9	was much [adj] than it	8
10	[was/were] much [adj] than it	8
11	[verb] much [adj] than it	6
12	much [adv] [adj] than it	34
13	much [adv] [adj] than it	34
14	much more [adj] than it	22
15	much more [adj] than it	22
16	much less [adj] than it	11
17	much less [adj] than it	11
18	much [adj] [noun] than it	13
19	much [adj] [noun sg] than it	12
20	much [adj] [adv] than it	5
21	much [adj] [adv] than it	5
22	much [adj] than it [be]	33
23	much [adj] than it be	33
24	much [adj] than it [verb]	21
25	much [adj] than it is	17
26	much [adj] than it [is]	17
27	much [adj] than it was	16
28	much [adj] than it [was/were]	16
29	much [adj] than it [vb past]	11
30	much [adj] than it [modal v]	11