Example sentences of "[verb] [adj] root [prep] [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They quickly learned how to use their snouts to lever edible roots from the ground , overturn grass tussocks for worms and locate resin ( pigs have a sweet tooth ) . |
| 2 | It is merely to affirm that in the end if education is to grow deep roots in the working-class , they will be nourished more by what people learn than how they learn ’ . |
| 3 | For the first time she found herself wondering whether he had resented not only Hugo but all the family , and whether that subsequent betrayal could have had long roots in the soil of an old envy . |
| 4 | Jiang Zemin was supportive of the reform line , but was regarded as a political lightweight lacking deep roots in the party . |
| 5 | Fears of communism had deep roots in the past ( p.6 ) and they had increased as the Cold War developed after 1945 . |