Selected quad for the lemma: cause_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
cause_n	day_n	great_a	time_n	4,794	5	3.3956	3	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A33119	The remonstrance of the Commissioners of the General Assembly to the Convention of Estates at Edinburgh, June, 1643	Church of Scotland. General Assembly. Commission.; Ker, A.	1643 (1643)	Wing C4253; ESTC R35585	5,658	12

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