be an element of
Example Sentences
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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
“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
In such kindness there will be an element of magnanimity which will check the selfish calculation that measures regard by gold, and exchanges relations of affinity for bonds of profit and loss.
From The Hearth-Stone Thoughts upon Home-Life in Our Cities by Osgood, Samuel