Selected quad for the lemma: cause_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
cause_n	bring_v	great_a	reason_n	1,648	5	4.3830	3	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A26338	A sermon preached before the Honourable House of Commons, at St. Margarets Westminster, November the fifth, 1696 by J. Adams ...	Adams, John, 1662-1720.	1696 (1696)	Wing A486; ESTC R17135	11,466	30

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