Selected quad for the lemma: cause_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
cause_n	cause_v	great_a	time_n	1,412	5	3.2507	3	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A64379	A sermon preached at the funeral of Her late Majesty Queen Mary of ever blessed memory in the abbey-church in Westminster upon March 5, 1694/5 by His Grace Thomas Lord Archibishop of Canterbury.	Tenison, Thomas, 1636-1715.	1695 (1695)	Wing T722; ESTC R6633	10,042	16

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