Example sentences of "that [noun sg] [be] of the " in BNC.
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| 1 | what these reports have shown is that speed is of the essence and such projects should be chosen and approved far more quickly , in time for the researchers to be able to compete with rival projects . |
| 2 | Certainly , that institute is of the highest international standard and it is doing good work here and overseas providing advice and assistance . |
| 3 | Concealed within Rumens 's story is one other — a fairly familiar account of how jealousy can enfeeble the strongest of us , and how when that jealousy is of the past and of cultural differences it is probably unbeatable . |
| 4 | Inigo Jones 's Palace of Westminster was not more regular , and still the Gothic feeling is dominant , but yet that feeling is of the possible Gothic of this age . |
| 5 | In the sense that apple has the same relationship to fruit as dog has to animal ( i.e.' — is an immediate taxonym of — ' — see chapter 6 for the meaning of taxonym ) , that relation is of the sort known as ‘ many-to-one ’ . |
| 6 | Traditional though that activity is of the students of past generations who have gone into the making of the tradition can have had such impressive aids . |
| 7 | Entering the third year of the Intifada , it is more than ever clear that time is of the essence : how to keep it going long enough at a level which does not yield to the temptations of ruinous , reciprocal escalation , but still disturbs the outside world enough to get them to bring the Israeli extremists to heel . |
| 8 | If it is not clear that time is of the essence of a particular procedural provision , the presumption that time is not of the essence will apply ( Panavia Air Cargo Ltd v Southend-on-Sea BC [ 1988 ] 1 EGLR 124 ) . |
| 9 | Example 4:10 Tenant 's power to make time of the essence ( 1 ) if the landlord fails to take any step in the procedure for rent review within a period of time prescribed by this lease ( whether or not that step could also have been taken by the tenant ) the tenant may give the landlord written notice : ( a ) referring to the step which the landlord has failed to take ( b ) requiring the landlord to take that step within such period of not less than 21 days as may be specified in the notice and ( c ) informing the landlord that if he fails to take that step within the period specified in the notice he will be precluded thereafter from taking it and that time is of the essence of the period so specified ( 2 ) if the landlord fails to take the step specified in a notice under paragraph ( 1 ) within the time specified in that notice ( time being of the essence ) he shall thereafter be precluded from taking it |
| 10 | In other cases the fact that the rent was to be " conclusively fixed " by the landlord 's trigger notice if the tenant failed to give counter-notice in time was held to be a sufficient indication that time was of the essence ( Mammoth Greeting Cards v Agra [ 1990 ] 2 EGLR 124 ; Barrett Estate Services v David Greig ( Retail ) [ 1991 ] 2 EGLR 123 ) . |
| 11 | The court held that time was of the essence of the timetable . |
| 12 | It was held that time was of the essence . |
| 13 | That protest is of the essence of true democratic activity is axiomatic . |