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> 本日はお忙しいところ、ありがとうございます

A book I'm learning from translates this sentence as 'thank you for taking
time out of your busy schedule today'

Is the first part a set phrase or is it just an elaborate translation? (As an
aside I feel like it would make more literal sense with の rather than は)
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set-phrases
Is the following sentence a set phrase?
I agree. It's an elaborate translation and it's a good way of putting it.
Literally it simply says

```

    "Today + (at a) busy time + thank you."
    
```

I also think it's a set phrase given that it's very common in emails and
business correspondence.
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本日は is Highlighting today's day.  
Often used scenes, 'Today is the day of marriage'.  
Today' is in a larger sense to thank everyone. So the speaker says the day,
Still as a short and smart way of saying is "本日は". Meanings are
"本日（のeventのために皆様）は".  
Nowadays , many idioms are used in the business scene. Because it looks like a
little but overstated.
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