To be or constitute a general essence of, to be in the broadest sense identified with or part of, to often come with, to make something or someone special.
1 He ignored what I took to be the essence of the thing.
2 Redbreast is considered by many to be the essence of Irish whiskey.
3 I mean, that seems to me to be the essence of life.
4 One instinctively knows it to be the essence of all that is good.
5 Expert knowledge and professional training must evidently be the essence of this reorganization.
6 This sufficiently expresses what was considered to be the essence of the new constitution.
7 She planned the menu to be the essence of simplicity.
8 Now, I cannot stress enough that discretion must needs be the essence of your investigations.
9 She suspected that not having too much time might be the essence of the risk.
10 Antiquity, of course, would be the essence of the value of the coins, except to the thief.
11 That is opportunity cost - and that is the essence of money.
12 But the name and title naturally are the essence of the matter.
13 Exploratory synthesis in new chemical spaces is the essence of solid-state chemistry.
14 To do this is the essence of nature-study in all its forms.
15 It is the essence of the controversy over the national maternity hospital.
16 To know and to do is the essence of the highest service.
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