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	know_v	people_n	2,364	5	4.3937	3	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
B03766	The irregular and disorderly state of the plantation-trade discuss'd and humbly offered to the consideration of the right honourable the Lords and Commons in Parliament assembled.	England and Wales. Parliament.	1695 (1695)	Wing I1049A; ESTC R178947	7,354	4

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