Selected quad for the lemma: law_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
law_n	design_n	encourage_v	great_a	47	3	2.1572	3	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A43137	A sermon preacht before the King at Whitehall, November the XXX, 1673 by Roger Hayward.	Hayward, Roger, 1639-1680.	1673 (1673)	Wing H1235; ESTC R25423	16,545	35

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