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	reason_n	see_v	3,316	5	3.1434	3	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A67406	The resurrection asserted in a sermon preached to the University of Oxford on Easter-day, 1679 / by John Wallis ...	Wallis, John, 1616-1703.	1679 (1679)	Wing W602; ESTC R18038	24,852	41

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