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
A65215	Considerations concerning free-schools as settled in England	Wase, Christopher, 1625?-1690.	1678 (1678)	Wing W1015; ESTC R38239	54,418	122

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