Time Is of the Essence & Other Phrases with BE OF

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Index
0:00 Introduction: Time is of the essence.
2:31 Other nouns + "(be) of the essence"
3:21 be of importance and more
5:47 Practice Task A
6:56 be of help and more
7:38 be of...descent, be of the opinion that
9:26 Practice Task B

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Disclaimer:
Short clips from the following movies and TV shows were used for educational purposes. I do not own the rights to these works. I am simply using them to illustrate the target structures with "be of."
The Sopranos (1999) - S05E04 Drama
Life Sentence (2018) - S01E12 Love Factually
Riverdale (2017) - S03E14 Chapter Forty-Nine: Fire Walk with Me (parts 1-2)
Star Trek (1966) - S01E28 The City on the Edge of Forever
Bohemian Rhapsody (2018)
Battlefield Earth: A Saga of the Year 3000 (2000)
Absentia - Tabula Rasa [S03E01]
Criminal Minds - Lucky [S03E08]