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
A31508	Certaine propositions offered to the consideration of the Honourable Houses of Parliament		1642 (1642)	Wing C1731; ESTC R25977	3,408	11

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