Selected quad for the lemma: cause_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
cause_n	common_a	great_a	time_n	1,430	5	3.2096	3	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A88461	Orders formerly conceived and agreed to be published by the Lord Major and the aldermen of the City of London: and the justices of peace of the counties of Middlesex and Surrey, concerning the infection of the plague. And now re-printed and published by order of the Honourable House of Commons.; Laws, etc.	City of London (England).; England and Wales. Parliament. House of Commons.; City of London (England). Court of Aldermen.	1646 (1646)	Wing L2864B; Thomason E352_2; ESTC R201073	10,154	23

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