Selected quad for the lemma: cause_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
cause_n	according_a	act_n	act_v	270	4	7.5641	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A66422	A sermon preach'd before the King at Whitehall, on January 30, 1696 by John Lord Bishop of Chichester ...	Williams, John, 1636?-1709.	1697 (1697)	Wing W2729; ESTC R7460	12,789	33

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