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
A30880	An apology for the builder, or, A discourse shewing the cause and effects of the increase of building	Barbon, Nicholas, d. 1698.	1685 (1685)	Wing B704; ESTC R12425	15,212	39

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