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	time_n	world_n	2,761	5	4.2527	3	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A38175	The Book of rates now used in the sin custom-house of the church of Rome containing the priees [sic] of the bulls, dispensations and pardons for all manner of villanies and wickednesses, with the several sums of monies given and to be paid for them / published by Anthony Egane ...	Egan, Anthony, B.D.	1673 (1673)	Wing E245; ESTC R21892	18,740	40

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