Example sentences of "[verb] the root [prep] [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Then he said , not looking directly at Simon , but staring out onto the waters that lapped the roots of the trees : ‘ Is the Lion in the forest ? ’ |
| 2 | The reader who has grasped these ideas has the root of the matter in him . |
| 3 | To find the roots of the tragedy you have to look at Somali history . |
| 4 | However , its failure perhaps and inability to tackle the root of the problems and deal with the grievances of the masses . |
| 5 | She could feel the root of every hair of her head . |
| 6 | Therein lie the roots of the difficulties faced by the unflappable reigning chairman , Alan Greenspan . |
| 7 | He tried to get them to say whatever was on their minds and by following certain lines of thought tried to trace the root of the hysteria . |
| 8 | It is interesting also to note that ‘ … people give the roots of the Petasites vulgaris , which abounds , to the cattle in winter ’ . |
| 9 | He reached out and scratched the root of the cow 's tail . |
| 10 | Furthermore , liking the bulbs for dividing is bound to disturb the roots of the roses , which is just about the worst thing you can do to them . |
| 11 | But as a precaution it has suspended all its funds , until an investigation pinpoints the root of the problem . |
| 12 | But , as one of I T N's southern African correspondents , Mike Hannah reports : ‘ this move by Johannesburg does n't begin to address the root of the problem ; the acute housing shortage for hundreds of thousands of black squatters , working in white areas ’ . |
| 13 | This woman was able to come to terms with her aggressive pattern by ‘ unscrambling ’ it and beginning to understand the roots of the problem . |
| 14 | The horns play the root of the chord and are placed considerably higher than they are in Ex. 9 for greater resonance and strength . |
| 15 | Before long , through unobtrusive questioning , he had discovered the root of the boy 's fear — simply that he did not know what was going to be done to him . |
| 16 | Root Package Name An existing approved package name in LIFESPAN , which defines the root of the structure to be checked/updated . |
| 17 | Root Package Name An existing package name in LIFESPAN , which defines the root of the structure to be checked/updated . |
| 18 | Cut down to soil level , leaving the roots in the soil . |
| 19 | Remove pea haulms by cutting down to soil level , leaving the roots in the soil |
| 20 | He remained there for what must have been an anxious day and a night while the elephant returned to and from a nearby stream with trunkfuls of water with which it was finally able to loosen the roots of the tree , push it over , then trample its victim just as his belated rescue-party arrived on the scene . |
| 21 | We artists can contribute to the renewal by each of us attacking the root of the problem in himself and by making art which is incompatible with the dominating agenda of today 's discourse . |
| 22 | Now electrolysis is the permanent removal of hair by the insertion of a very small needle attached to a machine and you press the button on the needle holder which releases current , and that cooks the hair , it actually cooks the root of the hair , but each hair has to be individually treated , so if you 've got quite a lot of coarse hair it can take a lot of time , and a lot of money . |
| 23 | Professor Murray believes the root of the problem lies in a fault with the child 's immune cells in the brain . |