Selected quad for the lemma: cause_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
cause_n	call_v	great_a	reason_n	1,745	5	4.4249	3	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A48893	Short observations on a printed paper, intituled, For encouraging the coining silver money in England, and after for keeping it here	Locke, John, 1632-1704.	1695 (1695)	Wing L2758; ESTC R20204	11,093	25

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