Selected quad for the lemma: city_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
city_n	county_n	say_a	sheriff_n	8,049	5	11.8418	5	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A51232	The speech of the right honourable Sir John Moore, Knight, at Guild-Hall, Septemb. 29th, 1681 when he was elected lord-mayor of London, together, with some passages of his deportment on the twenty-fourth of June, 1682, and before, in relation to the election of sheriffs for the said city, and county of Middlesex.	Moore, John, Sir, 1620-1702.	1682 (1682)	Wing M2557; ESTC R2907	2,083	2

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