Selected quad for the lemma: cause_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
cause_n	good_a	great_a	know_v	5,049	5	3.5427	3	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A76282	Metamorphosis Christiana: or, The old man changed into the new. An occasional discourse.	Beare, Nicholas.	1679 (1679)	Wing B1563A; ESTC R172674	33,570	43

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