Selected quad for the lemma: cause_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
cause_n	bear_v	great_a	see_v	1,565	5	3.0235	3	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A29882	The head of Nile, or, The turnings and windings of the factious since sixty in a dialogue between Whigg and Barnaby.	Baker, Thomas, 1652 or 3-1702.	1681 (1681)	Wing B518; ESTC R3068	40,159	46

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