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	matter_n	see_v	3,060	5	3.1155	3	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A27410	An impartial history of the life and death of George Lord Jeffreys late Lord Chancellor of England	Dunton, John, 1659-1733.; Bent, James.	1689 (1689)	Wing B1906; ESTC R31269	29,139	58

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