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
A62985	The Tory-poets a satyr.	Shadwell, Thomas, 1642?-1692.	1682 (1682)	Wing T1948; ESTC R7686	8,838	19

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