Example sentences of "roots go back " in BNC.
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| 1 | There were dark schemes afoot , he said — some with their roots going back for years — and if Hitler could achieve it , the replacement of King George by his brother could only occur at the cost of Winston 's life . |
| 2 | But his roots go back farther . |
| 3 | , whose science policy roots go back to the presidency of , retorts : ‘ Paternity is always to prove ’ . |
| 4 | One may venture to make the proposition that the roots go back to the short-lived but glorious revolution of October 1956 . |
| 5 | Of all Christians , those of the Orthodox family have remained the most conservative , Their cultural roots go back to the Byzantine Empire and there has been no event for them comparable to the Reformation or Vatican II . |
| 6 | Booth 's survey also had an influence on a similar movement in the United States , though its roots go back to the middle of the nineteenth century when a number of small surveys on the " dangerous classes " were undertaken . |
| 7 | She was a popular choice — though a reluctant nominee — and her Medau roots go back to her days of early motherhood when Dr Anni Noll encouraged her to try Medau with Molly and Peggy . |
| 8 | Although ‘ systematization ’ struck many of its critics in the West in 1988–89 as an insane novelty , in fact its roots went back a long way . |
| 9 | Even more drastic intervention was to take place in China ; its roots went back to the control of the Chinese government 's revenue by foreign supervision of the Customs from 1858 onwards . |
| 10 | Bismarck wanted Germany to maintain the conservative alliance with Vienna and St Petersburg whose roots went back to 1815 . |