Selected quad for the lemma: act_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
act_n	continue_v	parliament_n	session_n	2,943	5	10.7773	5	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A28302	A short history of the last Parliament	Blackmore, Richard, Sir, d. 1729.; Drake, James, 1667-1707.	1699 (1699)	Wing B3088; ESTC R23169	29,604	63

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