Example sentences of "[adj] root [prep] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I had no conscious awareness of the Latin root of the name Hilary until Antonia Byatt pointed it out to me . |
| 2 | These groups had deep historical roots in the opening months of the First World War , which had seen the renewal of the sources of criticism of the radical right against the Liberal government . |
| 3 | The actuarial profession has its historical roots in the insurance industry and insurance companies still employ nearly 60% of the Institute 's Fellows . |
| 4 | 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 ) . |
| 5 | One of the richest and most ancient human civilisations lies today at the cultural roots of the world 's most economically vibrant region . |
| 6 | While violence on the field of play may generate tension and even trigger violence , one must probe a little deeper to discover the underlying social roots of the problem . |
| 7 | The outer concourse in glass and iron had its architectural roots in the exhibition halls of the nineteenth century . |
| 8 | Before the introduction of the potato the versatile root of the silverweed was commonly boiled in water , roasted on the fire , or dried and ground into meal for bread-making or porridge . |
| 9 | Introducing the soul boy concept of pure roots into the arena of disco kitsch is perverse , although understandable , given the enduring belief in dance music 's spiritual , cathartic purpose . |
| 10 | They have paid attention to the academic , moral and philosophical roots of the movement . |
| 11 | It is thought that for a house in the high-rate stratum the assets are about four times as great as for one in the low-rate stratum , and that the stratum standard deviation is proportional to the square root of the stratum mean . |
| 12 | I could have called it k instead , but for reasons that become apparent in a moment we will be interested in the size of the square root of the number , so I have used |
| 13 | This shows that the distance between the chain ends , for this model is proportional to the square root of the number of bonds and so , is considerably shorter than a fully extended chain . |
| 14 | Price volatility for each week was measured as the square root of the average of daily squared price changes . |
| 15 | Carrot oil , a rich , orange liquid made from the dried root of the plant , is used on dry and scaly skins to make them more supple . |
| 16 | We have , we have a problem , of course , erm , in finding the exact root of the problem , we could possibly |
| 17 | Kava is made of the ground-up roots of the kava bush . |
| 18 | Soft cuttings may root after only a few weeks , so pot individual cuttings as soon as you see new young leaves or white roots at the base of containers . |
| 19 | During 1935 , as a result of intelligence information , they came to the conclusion that Mosley received most of his finance from Mussolini and that the national roots of the movement were weak and kept alive by artificial means . |
| 20 | Fears of communism had deep roots in the past ( p.6 ) and they had increased as the Cold War developed after 1945 . |
| 21 | It was a policy with deep roots in the history of the monastic community at Canterbury , and to understand it we must first examine the development of this community , and then the ideal which it considered its chief adornment and obligation . |
| 22 | 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 ’ . |
| 23 | Jiang Zemin was supportive of the reform line , but was regarded as a political lightweight lacking deep roots in the party . |
| 24 | 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 . |
| 25 | Given that the Greek root of the word is gorgo ( devil ) , the Demogorgon was probably a manifestation of Satan . |
| 26 | These important studies , made at night with great patience ( Charles-Dominique and Martin 1972 ) , show that at the very root of the primate evolution we have an extremely loose kind of relationship between the sexes . |
| 27 | I suggest that we take them not only seriously but literally , since they represent the very root of the relationship around which the Sonnets are structured . |
| 28 | There are two important roots to the idea of restraints . |
| 29 | This method also prevents selection of the incorrect morphemic roots of the word ( preached is found as a derivative of preach rather than ache ) since the selection of the correct root form can be made with certainty at development time with the aid of dictionaries . |
| 30 | In fact the different Greek roots for the Devil in the Septuagint — diabolos/apollyon — are of very little importance , for what emerges is the concept of the Devil as the supreme Evil One , the Dark Power . |