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	part_n	place_n	1,723	5	4.4749	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A30481	An answer to the late exceptions made by Mr. Erasmus Warren against The theory of the earth	Burnet, Thomas, 1635?-1715.	1690 (1690)	Wing B5942; ESTC R31281	68,479	88

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