The phrase "a central element is" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to introduce a key component or aspect of a discussion, argument, or analysis.
Example: "In understanding the dynamics of the ecosystem, a central element is the interdependence of species."
Alternatives: "a key component is" or "a fundamental aspect is".
Lifetime has always trafficked in woman-in-jeopardy movies in which a central element is often the old "he's not what he seems" villain.
A central element is simply the story of his life in Hackney: from a communal house in the late 60s, all smoke and hippie home cooking and fantasy film-projects, through a slightly more conventional 70s and 80s, as he takes labouring jobs and deals in secondhand books and has children, to his present-day existence as a cult author with a large following and a large home without a mortgage.
A central element is the passive participation by the masses (Gorz 1987).
A central element is "the informed, activated patient," requiring a shift in focus from traditional didactic patient information to patient empowerment and self-management skills [ 28, 32].
The grey shaded boxes with black bold borders represent cohort characteristics central for the hypothesis to be tested; a central element is genetic susceptibility biomarkers as part of the human biomonitoring activities.
"Is God Dead?" whose central element is a trunk, pays homage to another of Mr. Byun's heros, the German artist Joseph Beuys, a key figure in contemporary art.
The central element is an existing biopower plant of 25 MWe.
Its central element was a cherry-red Jeep Cherokee split into four parts — a section for each floor, amid a profusion of eyedroppers, test tubes, bottle brushes, moss-covered rocks, reading lamps, funnels, foam insulation, portable fans, and magnifying lenses.
The central elements are the data types.
Ms. Cutter has put together an assertive campaign; a central element will be the effort to reassure older citizens, who are more likely to vote and are among the groups most skeptical of the bill.
Then the next step chooses a central element to be promoted as the node representative.
