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单词 element
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element
(elɪmənt )
Word forms: elements
1. countable noun [usually plural] B1+
The different elements of something are the different parts it contains.
The exchange of prisoners of war was one of the key elements of the U.N.'s peace plan. [+ of]
Synonyms: component, part, feature, unit  
2. countable noun B2
A particular element of a situation, activity, or process is an important quality or feature that it has or needs.
Fitness has now become an important element in our lives.
3. countable noun [usually plural] B2
When you talk about elements within a society or organization, you are referring to groups of people who have similar aims, beliefs, or habits.
...criminal elements within the security forces.
...the hooligan element.
Synonyms: group, faction, clique, set  
4. countable noun [usually singular] B2
If something has an element of a particular quality or emotion, it has a certain amount of this quality or emotion.
These reports clearly contain elements of propaganda. [+ of]
5. countable noun B2
An element is a substance such as gold, oxygen, or carbon that consists of only one type of atom.
6. countable noun [usually singular]
The element in an electric fire or water heater is the metal part which changes the electric current into heat.
With its unique heating element it makes perfect coffee.
7. plural noun
You can refer to the weather, especially wind and rain, as the elements.
The area where most refugees are waiting is exposed to the elements.
8. in one's element phrase
If you say that someone is in their element, you mean that they are in a situation they enjoy.
My stepmother was in her element, organizing everything.
Maybe it's because they're so out of their element that they feel the need to talk.
Idioms:
in your element
doing something that you enjoy or do well
My stepmother was in her element, organizing everything.
Collocations:
basic element
Often, quite basic elements were missing that you would have expected to be included.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
The fourth basic element in the work of the manager is measurement.
MANAGEMENT: task, responsibilities, practices (1974)
Money isn't a product banks manufacture but one of the basic elements of commerce.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
critical element
International evidence suggests that two critical elements drive educational improvement.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
This is why music of quality is a critical element within the life of the Church.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
Beware of getting so focused on a desired outcome that you sabotage the most critical element of your future together.
Christianity Today (2000)
crucial element
The first and most crucial element of a great party is the guest list.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
Weather is such a crucial element of the holiday experience, but it's the one over which we have the least control.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
And there's one more thing that I hadn't factored in - perhaps the most crucial element of all.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
element of uncertainty
Flower's departure after five hugely successful years, brings an added element of uncertainty.
Times, Sunday Times
Because of his mere presence, an element of uncertainty prevailed.
Times, Sunday Times
You can't get a return of, say, 9% a year without a strong element of uncertainty thrown in.
Times, Sunday Times
Introducing an element of uncertainty undermines that principle.
Times,Sunday Times
That introduces an element of uncertainty for investors.
Times, Sunday Times
extreme element
It comes in high places and extreme elements.
Times, Sunday Times
More extreme elements of the regime never liked the agreement anyway, and will be delighted at the opportunity to reinvigorate the nuclear programme.
Times, Sunday Times
But unknown to them, police alarmed at growing calls for 'direct action' were investigating extreme elements of the group.
The Sun
His policies at this time were primarily aimed at restoring peace and order and at containing the more extreme elements of the revolutionary left.
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Scientists speculate that interaction of extreme elements like ice and hot springs was involved in the origin of the formation.
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fantasy element
Some studios wan the fantasy element nted us to lose and make a more straightforward biopic, but that was missing the point.
The Sun
I've always loved the fantasy element in performing and the process of projecting yourself through the roles you play.
The Sun
This fantasy element would have startled the originators of four-wheel-drive cars.
Times, Sunday Times
Games often have a fantasy element that engages players in a learning activity through narrative or storylines.
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The scientific stuff had to be there, but the sort of spiritual fantasy element had to be there as well.
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fringe element
I think they're quite clearly a fringe element.
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The party fought in the 1988 federal election, but was never considered more than a fringe element, and none of its 72 candidates won election.
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I can't believe you're bothering with such a minuscule, fringe element that has no resonance with this populace.
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It was widely accepted up until the 1990s, when behavioral finance economists, who had been a fringe element, became mainstream.
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The symbolism, though, of such civility and sincere openness to dialogue would help to undercut the inflammatory rantings of fringe elements who purport to speak for their faiths.
Times, Sunday Times
fundamental element
Also, water was a fundamental element, as was the cypress tree.
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Since it was so closely related to the story, this making of became a fundamental element in the dramatic structure of the film.
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Only last week, you were complaining about unsettling --and enforced - changes in certain fundamental elements of your life.
Times, Sunday Times
The situations you're currently facing are perplexing, primarily because they'd involve changes that are both unnecessary and would disrupt fundamental elements of your life.
Times, Sunday Times
How will new laws adopted this year affect one of the game's unique and fundamental elements?
Times, Sunday Times
fuse element
The fuse element may be surrounded by air, or by materials intended to speed the quenching of the arc.
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When the fuse element blows, the indicating pin extends to activate the micro switch or relay, which, in turn, triggers an event.
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The characters fuse elements of many people we know - including ourselves - and it's this reflection of real life that makes this series so hilarious.
The Sun
The fuse elements used in most distribution cutouts are tin or silver alloy wires that melt when subjected to high enough current.
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The star becomes layered like an onion, with the burning of more easily fused elements occurring in larger shells.
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human element
What will happen to the human element here?
The Times Literary Supplement
In my judgment, that human element comes from pastoral care.
Christianity Today
But, equally, who likes to spend the whole evening listening to them without some human element interposing itself at some point?
Times, Sunday Times
I like the human element of the game.
The Sun
Now the human element has kicked in and it makes the experience a lot harder to stomach.
The Sun
identify an element
Each observed new lines in the color spectrum of air but were unable to identify the element responsible for the lines.
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These energies are then analysed by a spectrometer to identify the elements from which they came.
Times, Sunday Times
She attempted to identify the elements of self-regulation, and used management of asthma and heart disease as models for examining constructs.
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He used spectroscopy to identify the elements in astronomical bodies, and, in particular, comets.
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Therefore, spectroscopy can be used to identify the elements in matter of unknown composition.
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important element
Clarity is an important element of these reforms.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
The single most important element in a child's success is their family background.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
Meeting friends in a cafe is an important element in the fabric of the Greek way of life.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
include an element of
Job plans that include an element of learning can get back on track now you opt for a schedule that suits everyone.
The Sun
That said, the paintings always remained fundamentally abstract, but it was an abstraction that often seemed to include an element of playful teasing.
Times, Sunday Times
In addition, mathematics will in future include an element of financial maths.
Times, Sunday Times
More than 85 per cent of reports of fraud to the police include some element of internet use.
Times,Sunday Times
When someone buys a unit trust, the unit price paid may already include an element of income.
Times, Sunday Times
incorporate an element of
All sprints beyond this distance increasingly incorporate an element of endurance.
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Small stations placed throughout the exhibition explain the seven elements of art, and each one references a nearby artwork that incorporates that element.
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It was built in brick in two storeys in a quadrilateral layout with a gatehouse and incorporated some elements of the former building.
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While he incorporated some elements of early jazz into his playing, he remained stylistically a pre-jazz artist.
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Although associated with hard rock, the band's sound incorporated some elements of grunge music.
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individual element
A sparkly brooch adds an individual element to an outfit and will make sure you stand out from the crowd.
The Sun
You can examine and set these styles by retrieving the style object for an individual element.
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In the context of agribusiness management in academia, each individual element of agriculture production and distribution may be described as agribusinesses.
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Pixels are the smallest individual element in an image, holding quantized values that represent the brightness of a given color at any specific point.
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The level of micro management has come under criticism due to the way each individual element can be moved independently rather than being grouped into units.
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integral element
An integral element of hier-oglyphs was the use of signs which in themselves have no phonetic value.
Times, Sunday Times
Eating well, exercising regularly and meaningful social relationships have been shown in study after study to be an integral element in ageing well.
The Sun
The rich exploitation of empirical material was not a merely decorative appendage to a purely philosophical argument, but an integral element in a sustained train of thought.
Times, Sunday Times
And so paradise was not a place you could navigate to, but a location marking 'a critical episode in salvation history and an integral element of the cosmos'.
The Times Literary Supplement
The project uses the theme of laughter as an integral element of effective doctoral care.
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integrate an element
It integrates elements of cognitive behaviour therapy and gestalt therapy to identify and change selfdefeating life patterns that he calls 'schema'.
Times, Sunday Times
In the 1980s he adds a collection of furniture and room textiles integrating elements of computer iconography.
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His original songs integrate elements of blues, bluegrass, ballads, ragtime, swing, and samba, and he also performs old standards.
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While mainly using guitars and drums they also integrate elements of industrial music by adding electronic elements such as synthesizers and samples to song production.
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Campus dormitories and newer structures are planned and designed to integrate elements of this classic post-colonial era style.
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introduce an element of
You can see from examples like these that intensifiers often introduce an element of informality into prose.
Times, Sunday Times
A sushi kiosk would introduce an element of theatre and entertainment, of old-fashioned personal service.
Times,Sunday Times
A typical day includes speech and language therapy and the teaching of the social skills necessary to participate, ultimately, in everyday life, to introduce an element of selfcare.
Times, Sunday Times
This would introduce an element of market competition and local authorities would have to raise their game if they want to attract applications and ultimately pull in revenue.
The Sun
Strange camera angles and sudden bursts of erratic behaviour by some of the characters introduce an element of unpredictability and make it more challenging than might first appear.
Times, Sunday Times
involve an element
Whatever the location, it would inevitably involve some element of risk.
Times, Sunday Times
For an offence to involve some form of 'fraudulent conduct or purpose' within section 13(4)(b) it had to involve an element of deception.
Times, Sunday Times
Don't most ambitious projects involve an element of winging it to get them off the ground?
Times, Sunday Times
To operate these games legally they need to involve an element of skill.
Times, Sunday Times
In practice, finding the information sources that work best for you will involve an element of trial and error.
Times, Sunday Times
key element
She says: 'The natural look is back in style and the key element of it is a glowing, healthy complexion'.
The Sun (2013)
At Harvard he teaches a required course on leadership that provides incoming students with an overview of the key elements of effective leadership.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
The magazine picks apart the key elements of this ' major media crisis' for the Government, and invites experts to comment on what went wrong.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
lack an element
Especially on well-known titles that lack the element of novelty, his remarks can seem particularly perfunctory or banal.
The Times Literary Supplement
These options are more accurate than a clap-o-meter but lack the element of excitement generated by frenzied applause.
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Quasi-experimental research shares similarities with the traditional experimental design or randomized controlled trial, but they specifically lack the element of random assignment to treatment or control.
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Perhaps by definition, it lacks the element of surprise.
The Times Literary Supplement
At first, he was designing mens footwear, but he immediately found that mens shoes design relatively limiting his imagination and lacking the element of fashion.
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landscape element
Architects, sculptors and artists have been inspired by this traditional craft and included it as a decorative landscape element.
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Key components of the research are: landscape scale habitat use, landscape element habitat use, roosts selection and diet.
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She allowed landscape elements to reappear in her canvases throughout her career, reflecting the grandeur of the natural world, and she gamely experimented with new mediums including sculpture and printmaking.
Times, Sunday Times
These include schedules for windows, doors, hardware, landscaping elements, rooms, and areas.
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For twenty years they worked painting landscape elements for other historical painters.
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main element
Most well-written material outlines the main element of the chapter in the first paragraph.
Times, Sunday Times
But was he the best thing about the movie and hence the main element of the trailer?
Times, Sunday Times
The characteristic song-thrush phrases of three loud, repeated notes can sometimes be detected in the jumble, and will soon become the main element in the song.
Times, Sunday Times
The pleurocentra enlarged in reptiliomorphs to become the main element of the vertebral centrum.
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Naturalist depiction was also the main element in his prose pieces of the early 1880s.
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missing element
The missing element that must be rediscovered to create some new history for this soon-to-be forgotten fixture.
The Sun
In our intellectual life, a missing element has been study of empire.
Times, Sunday Times
Thanks to a poet (born 1859), it has drawn visitors intrigued by a missing element.
Times, Sunday Times
There's obviously a missing element to him and this tour could be really key for that if he doesn't get picked.
Times, Sunday Times
In its words they identify the missing element of a time-space equation enabling them to travel to the alien destination.
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moderate element
Beginning in 1979, religious conservatives began a decade-long process to gain control of the denomination from a more moderate element that had been in authority.
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In this role he played a full part in the battle for members between hardline and moderate elements.
Times, Sunday Times
During this time, the courts revolutionary element was diluted by more moderate elements who were attracted primarily by the social aspects of the movement, striking a balance between the two.
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musical element
The musical element, bizarrely, allows people to be more literate.
Times, Sunday Times
But that's just the musical element.
Times, Sunday Times
It sort of works on the artistic element, and because it has a musical element to it as well.
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Apart from this small flexibility, the musical element has several very strict rules regarding its use.
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It also provides a musical element to the reading and services.
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narrative element
The narrative element, he believes, helps him forge a connection with each customer which intensifies the dining experience.
Times, Sunday Times
Coincidentally, both anime's fourth episodes are based on the pantsu theme as a narrative element alone.
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The narrative element in his sermons grew shorter with each year.
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The narrative element involves the main character having conversations with other characters, making choices that affect the storyline.
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Pastors were much more likely to think that more illustrations, more narrative elements, and a more commanding presence in the pulpit would make their sermons more effective.
Christianity Today
natural element
The wing's pilots have enjoyed being back in their natural element after their desert sojourn.
Times, Sunday Times
Accustomed to the human scale of prairie politics, the country's finest political orator was out of his natural element.
Globe and Mail
But in cyberspace, his natural element, he was anonymous, accentless, free to live inside his steadily multiplying range of personae.
Times, Sunday Times
The fundamental appeal of the sport was always its purity, the pitting of humans against a natural element, with athleticism, technique and pain-defying determination as the only generators of speed.
Times, Sunday Times
These orishas each represent a natural element (such as the ocean or leaves) and exhibit a human characteristic (such as motherhood or love).
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necessary element
It unambiguously presents the Church as a necessary element in that construction.
The Times Literary Supplement (2012)
He accepted that this was a necessary element on his journey to the top.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
The court noted that "a necessary element of negligent hiring is that the employer knew or should have known of an employee's propensity for the conduct that caused the injury".
Christianity Today (2000)
plot element
At the same time, his films exhibit a phenomenal structural virtuosity, so that every last plot element contributes to the whole and leavens the cynicism.
Globe and Mail
They may recall that this statement had been a key plot element right from their party's debut episode.
Globe and Mail
She thought that the plot element of ozone damage was not optimal and that the quality of the episode was typical of the first season.
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The game utilizes the same game engine as its predecessor, but differs greatly in its plot element.
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The other 50% reflected the original script, which left this plot element unanswered.
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radical element
The more radical element planned the banquet with a menu containing shrimp.
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Within the environmental movement, there was a small radical element that favored direct action rather than legislation.
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The more radical element were pitted against the government.
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It was perhaps inevitable that as the protests spread, more radical elements would join in.
Times, Sunday Times
Her leadership will, however, be challenged by radical elements among the new intake.
Times, Sunday Times
radioactive element
Levels of the radioactive element caesium-137 are 300 times higher than the legal limit for human consumption.
Times, Sunday Times
The radioactive element was placed in lead canisters and put in the back of a car, to be driven inconspicuously to the capital.
Times, Sunday Times
It also showed that a radioactive element may have more than one atomic mass though the chemical properties are identical.
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Working with the mineral pitchblende, the pair discovered a new radioactive element in 1898.
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The luminous dial or betalight contained the mildly radioactive element tritium, which later caused some concern about safety.
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retain an element of
While most teachers agreed they would like to retain an element of coursework, there was disagreement over how much and how it should be assessed.
Times, Sunday Times
They tend not to be touristy and retain an element of non-homogeneity that makes travelling through them a joy.
Times, Sunday Times
This change aimed to retain the element of wearing down a team's opponents during the game - which was considered part of the character of the sport.
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Importantly, this veto retains an element of self-regulation.
Times, Sunday Times
These patrols, which may include the inspection and searching of suspicious packages and persons, are deliberately kept random to retain an element of surprise for greater operational effectiveness.
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rogue element
But the multibillionpound industry has also attracted a rogue element.
Times, Sunday Times
She thought that a rogue element was to blame.
Times, Sunday Times
Rogue element on the run and in hiding?
The Sun
And two natural trumpets added a raw, sometimes rogue element to the airy, golden instrumental sound.
Times, Sunday Times
As in any dispute, there's always a rogue element determined to get their way however dire the consequences.
The Sun
specific element
These are additional pieces of information added by the developer about a specific element on the page.
Times, Sunday Times
It was no longer necessary to fix the result of a match, rather a specific element.
Times, Sunday Times
Unlike most other collection types, rather than retrieving a specific element from a set, one typically tests a value for membership in a set.
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Usually before activating her powers, she will chant a spell-like phrase pertaining to the specific element of which she calls upon.
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Some exclusivist faiths incorporate a specific element of proselytization.
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spiritual element
The survey also found that 13 per cent of adults see humans as 'purely material beings with no spiritual element'.
Times, Sunday Times
I tentatively ask about the spiritual element of yoga.
Times, Sunday Times
This approach serves to take the focus away from the spiritual element.
The Times Literary Supplement
We sense a spiritual element in that nobility and, in the miracle of unselfish love and sacrifice, something beyond our conscious understanding.
Times, Sunday Times
He says water as a cleansing, spiritual element has been used in architectural features for millennia.
Smithsonian Mag
striking element
With all these allusions to pick apart, it can be easy to miss another striking element of the museum: its emphasis on eco-friendliness.
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The most striking element of their victory was a pledge to pay the government 3.3bn in premiums over the eight years of the franchise.
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Lake's vocals, which ranged from serene and soothing to acerbic and distorted, were a striking element of the album.
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Some of the striking elements of the landscape are its relic lake deposits.
Times, Sunday Times
Among the most striking elements of the work are its emphasis on the importance of humility, compassion, sympathy and the quest for spirituality.
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structural element
He later decided to omit this structural element, using the space to display instruments instead.
The Times Literary Supplement
World-systems theory describes the semi-periphery as a key structural element in the world economy.
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The arcades to the original three-bay nave were the oldest structural element, dating from about 1180.
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However, physical interpretations of bending moments in beams and plates have a straightforward interpretation as the stress resultants in a cross-section of the structural element.
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They may be used as an independent structural element in a poem, to reinforce rhythmic patterns, or as an ornamental element.
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style element
By boldly mixing the style elements, a host of celebrities are stepping out as a cross-breed of their fashion-favourite stars.
The Sun
It has easy touch controls, fun arcade style elements and plenty of randoms to play online for practice.
The Sun
Such style elements also gave him the illusion of having, as it were, delivered his characters' destinies into their own keeping.
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The historical style elements of the windows, barrel-vault ceilings and walls have survived.
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Style elements are relatively persistent qualities in the behavior of individual learners.
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surprise element
And now for the surprise element.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
It needs another flavour to it to make it work, a surprise element to spice it up.
The Sun (2009)
We are a bit of an unknown quantity to them, so maybe that will give us the surprise element.
The Sun (2011)
thematic element
Solvers must enter both letters in thematically appropriate order, and highlight the standard cell providing a fifteenth thematic element, in its thematically appropriate location.
Times, Sunday Times
It covers a broad thematic element of history that often uses a global approach, although national and regional histories remain predominant.
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Cozy mystery series frequently have a prominent thematic element introduced by the detective's job or hobby.
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Advantages and disadvantages often have a thematic element to them.
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Thematic elements must be highlighted in full.
Times, Sunday Times
toxic element
The herbal remedy which contains a banned toxic element was recalled by its distributor last month.
The Sun
The battery-powered devices produce a vapour with a small amount if nicotine that can be inhaled, without the toxic elements of a cigarette.
Times, Sunday Times
A 'foolproof' system was in place to avoid toxic elements getting into the water.
Times, Sunday Times
Burning such wood in stoves and power plants releases arsenic, chromium and other toxic elements into the atmosphere and the ash.
Times, Sunday Times
Among their concerns would be the proper handling and disposal of such toxic elements as lead, asbestos or radioactive materials.
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traditional elements
Fountain pens and sealing wax are not the only traditional elements of the business.
Times, Sunday Times
We have had so much practice, you see, at bringing the traditional elements together.
Times, Sunday Times
The traditional elements - hospitality, gorgeous locations, local food - are still present, but in a more boutiquey atmosphere.
Times, Sunday Times
Traditional elements such as wood and stone can also work.
Times, Sunday Times
They are beautiful buildings, and we wanted to use some traditional elements but in a modern home.
Times, Sunday Times
unifying element
No two mouthfuls taste the same, their only unifying element sheer joyous duckiness.
Times, Sunday Times
His legacy proved one small but heartfelt unifying element.
The Times Literary Supplement
Horizontal bands below the gables run around all four sides and serve as a unifying element.
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It provided a unifying element and was the only institution left that could preserve selected rudiments of classical civilization.
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Its brick outer cladding, the complex's unifying element, stands out from all the other surrounding buildings and gives it a unique aesthetic.
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unknown element
Those who swear non-stop may feel a hitherto unknown element of self-consciousness.
Times,Sunday Times
The unknown element of this challenge becomes appealing.
Times, Sunday Times
The line originated from a hitherto unknown element later termed helium, after the source of its earliest detection.
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Various tests eliminated the possibility of the unknown element being thorium, radium, lead, bismuth, or thallium.
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Eventually he realized that the sample was gold bonded with an unknown element.
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various elements
Various new gameplay elements are introduced as you progress.
The Sun (2013)
It is also difficult to predict how various elements in the reforms will interact in practice.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
You can also see that he echoes particular colours throughout the various elements of a composition to give it a sense of unity.
Acrylics Masterclass (1994)
visual element
Without the harrowing visual element, one can more easily appreciate how intensely moving these cantatas are.
Times, Sunday Times
Nevertheless, the inclusion of a visual element was apt.
Times, Sunday Times
Designed for profesionals who want to entertain a dance floor by mixing footage with cool tunes, and those simply looking to create musical home entertainment with a visual element.
Times, Sunday Times
Why not add to all this a visual element?
Times, Sunday Times
But what drew him to copying was the visual element.
Globe and Mail
vital element
These are vital elements of any British Christmas.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
The combination of these vital elements will be realised when we build the garden in May.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
Exercise - The vital element is frequency: get in at least three workouts a week.
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