Example sentences of "[adv] [be] an element [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ There could just be an element of risk involved for her . |
| 2 | There has always been an element of surprise at the discovery that Britain is not wholly urbanised . |
| 3 | The truth is that there has always been an element of unreality in this view . |
| 4 | There will always be an element of risk attached to activities such as hillwalking , skiing , abseiling and canoeing . |
| 5 | There may well be an element of compulsion involved in civil disobedience , but it differs from coercion in that it is aimed at securing mutual co-operation and understanding in accordance with a dialectical quest for truth . |
| 6 | It 's not just that drama teachers are nostalgic romantics who hanker for a simpler way of life ( though there may well be an element of truth in that ) ; it 's that these self-contained communities can not easily call upon outside forces to solve their problems . |