be an element of

Example Sentences

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There has to be an element of patience.

From BBC • Nov. 25, 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

There may be an element of truth in this charge, but as a generalization it is utterly false.

From In the Shadow of Death by Kritzinger, P. H.