be an element of

Example Sentences

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However, she says there has to be an element of understanding about the conditions homes are built in.

From BBC • Apr. 21, 2025

However, Walsh did acknowledge in an interview that “there may be an element of messaging” in the three most recent initiatives and getting them on the ballot will be “tough.”

From Seattle Times • Apr. 9, 2024

Love may not be blind, but there may be an element of calculus in succeeding at it.

From Salon • Oct. 12, 2023

“When I came to New York, I was a teenager, and to become an actor there has to be an element of self-involvement, a deep kind of self-involvement,” he said.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 6, 2023

If homogeneousness be an element of strength, an empire that lies east and west must be more powerful than one that lies north and south.

From History of the Intellectual Development of Europe, Volume I (of 2) Revised Edition by Draper, John William