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	time_n	5,907	5	3.3926	3	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A60789	Some considerations upon the late act of the Parliament of Scotland, for constituting an Indian company In a letter to a friend.		1695 (1695)	Wing S4497; ESTC R218726	4,962	4

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