be an element of
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There can be an element of truth in both questions.
From BBC • May 21, 2024
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
There may be an element of cosmic justice in a nonsmoker’s swift recovery from lung cancer, but unfortunately, Mr. Augenstein’s case isn’t rare.
From Washington Times • May 18, 2023
But, when extension of territory is attended with the incorporation of heterogeneous masses, having different interests, different instincts, from the conqueror, then indeed the extension must be an element of weakness, and not of strength.
From The Moral and Intellectual Diversity of Races With Particular Reference to Their Respective Influence in the Civil and Political History of Mankind by Arthur, T. S. (Timothy Shay)