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	see_v	think_v	3,978	5	3.8757	3	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A25692	An Apology and advice for some of the clergy, who suffer under false and scandalous reports written on the occasion of the second part of The rehearsal transpros'd, in a letter to a friend, and by him publish'd.		1674 (1674)	Wing A3540A; ESTC R13367	8,636	14

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