Selected quad for the lemma: cause_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
cause_n	find_v	great_a	know_v	2,951	5	3.3432	3	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A25778	The Argument against a standing army rectified, and the reflections and remarks upon it in several pamphlets, consider'd in a letter to a friend.		1697 (1697)	Wing A3632; ESTC R206	13,676	34

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