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

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

In a discovery there must be an element of the accidental, and an important one, too; while an invention is purely deductive.

From Inventors by Hubert, Philip Gengembre