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	law_n	person_n	1,451	5	4.8874	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A76471	A true and impartial narrative of the most material debates and passages in the late Parliament. Together with the rise and disolution of it, published for the satisfaction of those that desire to know how they spent their time. By a Member of that Parliament, who is none of the present Parliament.	Bethel, Slingsby, 1617-1697.	1659 (1659)	Wing B2077; Thomason E985_25; ESTC R207870	10,858	16

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