Selected quad for the lemma: cause_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
cause_n	body_n	find_v	great_a	1,455	5	2.6101	3	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A46898	Plain dealing: in a dialogue between Mr. Johnson and Mr. Wary his friend, a stock-jobber, and a petitoner against the E-- I-- Company, about stock-jobbing, and the said company.		1691 (1691)	Wing J769; ESTC R213907	9,078	17

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