Selected quad for the lemma: city_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
city_n	church_n	great_a	time_n	5,546	4	3.4499	3	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
B05102	Reasons humbly offer'd to the Honourable House of Commons, for continuing the duty or some part thereof, formerly granted for rebuilding St. Paul's Cathedral and other churches in London, for some time longer.		1695 (1695)	Wing R558K; Interim Tract Supplement Guide C.161.f.2[58]	1,129	1

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