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	think_v	4,338	5	3.9369	3	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A43705	A sermon preached before the Queen, at White-Hall, on Wednesday, March 15, 1692/3 by Charles Hickman ...	Hickman, Charles, 1648-1713.	1693 (1693)	Wing H1902; ESTC R18560	11,544	34

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