Selected quad for the lemma: cause_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
cause_n	certain_a	great_a	time_n	1,560	5	3.1037	3	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A48578	The city and republick of Venice in three parts / originally written in French by Monsieur de S. Desdier.	S. Desdier, Monsieur de.	1699 (1699)	Wing L2306; ESTC R34981	188,059	407

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