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	let_v	lord_n	2,934	5	3.6705	3	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
B03664	An advertisement shewing that all former objections against the mill'd-lead sheathing have been answered by the navy-board themselves. And what's lately objected, is answered herein, as follows.	Hale, Charles, Mr.	1696 (1696)	Wing H219; ESTC R226291	6,843	4

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