Example sentences of "be at the root " in BNC.
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| 1 | These and other well-documented case-histories lend support to the idea that food sensitivity can sometimes be at the root of serious mental illness . |
| 2 | They may be at the root of colic , which is why lactose intolerance is important here . |
| 3 | Proposals for private motorised travel were , on the other hand , very different , for this mode was seen to be at the root of many of the traffic and environmental problems of the experimental areas and so every effort was to be made to curb the excesses of its use . |
| 4 | This seems to me to be at the root of the false notion of ‘ independence ’ being pursued by so many local élites throughout Europe and beyond . |
| 5 | ‘ Greed and the marketplace may well be at the root of many of our economies . |
| 6 | and hinted that it would probably be a good idea if the Rector of St. Mary 's , the Vicar of St. Peter 's , and Mr. John Meridyth ( another Grammar School Visitor from the 1850s ) , who were considered to be at the root of the trouble , were not appointed Trustees . |
| 7 | The basic educational prescription is the sympathetic teaching of ‘ other cultures ’ in order to dispel the ignorance which is seen to be at the root of prejudice and intolerance . |
| 8 | Various factors thus appear to be at the root of the inner city problem , many of them similar in nature to those behind the problems underlying the North-South divide . |
| 9 | But , while the initials which represent the myriad courses and qualifications available to students were indeed confusing , other factors seemed to be at the root of the market 's apparent inaccessibility to publisher as well as bookseller . |
| 10 | Sensing that the stones may be at the root of the problem , Zab contacts one of Xorandor 's offspring , and she learns that ‘ Verbivore ’ is a reaction by the mineral race to information overload . |
| 11 | This apparently simple concept of cause and effect will be at the root of much of our early work on narrative in drama . |
| 12 | And do you know what I believe to be at the root of the problem ? ’ |
| 13 | Although 30 years ago smoking in Britain had no links with social class , now there is a marked association between smoking and disadvantaged women , with poverty claimed to be at the root of the problem . |
| 14 | Could Castle Dore even challenge Tintagel as being at the root of the Arthurian legends ? |
| 15 | If all such causes have been ruled out , and there is strong evidence for food sensitivity being at the root of the problem , then breast milk is the best solution . |
| 16 | The argument that the dependent status of elderly people has been deliberately structured by the state and society takes the economic conditions of the non-institutionalized elderly as being at the root of their dependent status . |
| 17 | These discoveries have a bittersweet taste for the many mothers who have been told by their doctors that they themselves were at the root of such problems — because they were over-anxious , inexperienced , nervy , overindulgent or whatever . |
| 18 | Some commentators suggested that the improved relations were at the root of Khadafi 's adoption of an uncharacteristically low profile during the Gulf crisis . |
| 19 | He said that large amounts of black fish , being landed almost daily , were at the root of the price problems . |
| 20 | Of course , lack of funding for systems and training , capital costs and development are at the root of the malaise over computerisation — and this is not a new problem for the NHS . |
| 21 | ‘ Representative processes , ’ says Hallowell , ‘ are at the root of Man 's capacity to deal with the abstract qualities of objects and events , his ability to deal with the possible or conceivable , the ideal as well as the actual , the intangible along with the tangible , the absent as well as the present object or event , with fantasy and with reality . |
| 22 | If enzyme deficiencies are at the root of the problem in chemical-sensitive patients then one might expect them to show the same sort of reaction to small amounts of a chemical as normal people show to large amounts of that chemical . |
| 23 | Indeed , words can be used which will often hide the very feelings which are at the root of the individual 's problems , and which represent the reality of their emotional lives . |
| 24 | It is often possible to effect change by apparently recommending the continuation or intensification of interactions that are at the root of family problems . |
| 25 | Personal goals and attitudes , often about power , are at the root of most conflict , but they do not necessarily cause conflict . |
| 26 | ‘ Boundaries that attempt to protect life and its development are at the root of the Ten Commandments . |
| 27 | This dimension is almost totally ignored when jingoism and greed are at the root of our understanding of rights and power . ’ |
| 28 | Mr Powell , of course , has not been notably shy about declaring his belief that it is black people who are at the root of the decline and fall of the ‘ British way of life ’ . |
| 29 | We must address the social ills that are at the root of much crime ; we must take action to divert young people into more positive ways of using their time and lives ; we need the sort of common-sense and long-term commitment shown by my right hon. Friend the Member for Birmingham , Sparkbrook ( Mr. Hattersley ) and his team . |
| 30 | It may be significant that it is the only instance where pooling the data has a strengthening effect on the correlations , supporting the view that communication problems are at the root of a large number of industrial problems in all cultures . |