Selected quad for the lemma: cause_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
cause_n	great_a	king_n	kingdom_n	4,596	5	5.5955	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A42607	General considerations relating to a bill for regulating the abuses of prisons and pretended priviledg'd places as far as relates to the prisons.		1697 (1697)	Wing G497BA; ESTC R223672	1,282	1

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