Example sentences of "[is] [art] essential [noun sg] of " in BNC.
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| 1 | Traditionally , the fan , the cooked rice , is the essential element of the Chinese meal prepared south of the Yangtze River ; north of the Yangtze , breads and noodles take its place . |
| 2 | Britain 's railway companies laid increasing emphasis on freight , in pursuit of the dictum of Captain Mark Huish of the London and North-Western Railway : ‘ Quantity is the essential element of Railway success . ’ |
| 3 | This is the essential genius of the man : his private choices and obsessions became emblematic , and in some sense determined our understanding , of the twentieth-century tradition . |
| 4 | This is the essential feature of the memex . |
| 5 | It seems that portal hypertension is the essential feature of this association . |
| 6 | This is the essential weakness of the profession in censorship as well as in other professional issues . |
| 7 | Revealing the roots of their resilience through their own accounts is the essential purpose of this book . |
| 8 | This is the essential logic of asymmetrical circulating exchange systems of the Kula type , which I mentioned earlier in the context of my discussion of generalized exchange and which so puzzled Malinowski . |
| 9 | He added : ‘ What has come through is the essential Cornishness of this occasion . |
| 10 | Tillich would undoubtedly agree with Gandhi , however , that what the principle of identity really implies is the essential unity of all that exists . |
| 11 | They have not yet accepted the defeat that is the essential component of the first of the 12 steps . |
| 12 | " It would be incorrect " , noted Nizan , " to think that this decision in any way heralds a spectacular reversal in the policy of the USSR … continuity is the essential characteristic of Soviet foreign policy , and nobody has outlined the principles of this policy more forcefully than M. Molotov " . |
| 13 | That is the essential motto of ‘ The Thing ’ . |
| 14 | Physicians and family doctors vary in the extent to which they feel comfortable outside the strict limits of medical treatment ; for psychiatrists , on the other hand , this is the essential nature of their work . |
| 15 | Persuading people to a particular point of view is the essential aim of every public relations campaign , no matter how it may appear to be about products , concepts , policies , personalities , issues , or information and data . |
| 16 | It is the essential feeling of " badness " and it may be inculcated not by circumstance but by the mere attitude of others towards us . |
| 17 | This is the essential meaning of the old dogma which described him as God incarnate and as our Saviour and Redeemer . |
| 18 | Constant bouncing of the feet , through springy legs , is the essential rhythm of powder skiing . |
| 19 | Also examined is the essential challenge of portraiture : how to combine lively images with propaganda and effective picture-making . |
| 20 | This is the essential dilemma of Blue Skies research and of course there can be no direct solution . |
| 21 | Finally , and this is the essential theorem of inversive geometry , circles remain circular . |
| 22 | Detectives , when they murmur ‘ bitter almonds ’ at the scene of the crime , are detecting not cyanide but benzaldehyde , which is the essential flavour of bitter almonds . |
| 23 | A common desire and willingness to be subordinate to it is the essential pre-condition of a parliamentary state . |
| 24 | There is no essential definition of the inner city ; it is now a truism to note that the inner city is theoretically chaotic . |
| 25 | A warranty agreement is legally enforceable because it 's an essential part of the contract between you and the supplier . |
| 26 | It 's an essential feature of 3i that the positions it takes are long term . |
| 27 | The study of something for its own sake , for the sake of knowing , understanding , grasping it and for nothing else , is an essential characteristic of education , lower or higher , though more obviously of higher education . |
| 28 | The church will be seeking to serve , expecting nothing in return , which is an essential characteristic of self-giving love as described and demonstrated by our Lord . |
| 29 | It is an essential characteristic of a Christian society . |
| 30 | In fact the possession of a high work of fracture — at least a thousand times higher than the free surface energy — is an essential characteristic of all safe and practical structural materials which are used in tension . |