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
A66371	A sermon preach'd before the Queen at White-Hall, May the Xth. M.DC.XC.I by William Wake ...	Wake, William, 1657-1737.	1691 (1691)	Wing W268; ESTC R4902	17,024	40

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