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
B02299	The commission for taking subscriptions to the national land-bank	England and Wales. Sovereign (1694-1702 : William III); William, III, King of England, 1650-1702.	1696 (1696)	Wing C5551A; ESTC R233579	21,018	14

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