| No | Pattern | Freq | Relations |
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| 1 | [noun] may be [prep] [adj] | 163 |
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| 2 | [noun sg] may be [prep] [adj] | 94 |
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| 3 | [pron] may be [prep] [adj] | 89 |
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| 4 | [pers pn] may be [prep] [adj] | 66 |
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| 5 | [noun pl] may be [prep] [adj] | 63 |
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| 6 | it may be [prep] [adj] | 46 |
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| 7 | it may be [prep] [adj] | 46 |
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| 8 | [adj] may be [prep] [adj] | 31 |
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| 9 | [det] may be [prep] [adj] | 28 |
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| 10 | this may be [prep] [adj] | 16 |
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| 11 | this may be [prep] [adj] | 16 |
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| 12 | they may be [prep] [adj] | 13 |
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| 13 | they may be [prep] [adj] | 12 |
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| 14 | [conj] may be [prep] [adj] | 10 |
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| 15 | these may be [prep] [adj] | 9 |
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| 16 | these may be [prep] [adj] | 9 |
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| 17 | [ex0] may be [prep] [adj] | 8 |
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| 18 | there may be [prep] [adj] | 8 |
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| 19 | there may be [prep] [adj] | 8 |
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| 20 | [Wh det] may be [prep] [adj] | 8 |
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| 21 | [coord] may be [prep] [adj] | 7 |
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| 22 | which may be [prep] [adj] | 7 |
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| 23 | which may be [prep] [adj] | 7 |
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| 24 | who may be [prep] [adj] | 6 |
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| 25 | who may be [prep] [adj] | 6 |
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| 26 | [Wh pn] may be [prep] [adj] | 6 |
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| 27 | [noun prp] may be [prep] [adj] | 5 |
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| 28 | may [adv] be [prep] [adj] | 75 |
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| 29 | may [adv] be [prep] [adj] | 39 |
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| 30 | may not be [prep] [adj] | 36 |
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