Sentence examples for controversial roots from inspiring English sources

The broadcaster, which was launched with a mission to appeal to minority audiences, will return to its controversial roots by screening a season of programmes around the Muslim period of prayer and fasting, which begins next Tuesday.

The broadcaster, which was launched with a mission to appeal to minority audiences, will return to its controversial roots by airing the Muslim call to prayer live every morning during Ramadan in a deliberate act of "provocation" aimed at viewers who associate Islam with terrorism and extremism.

Think about it: there is something arbitrary about celebrating America's controversial roots by roasting a turkey and making homemade stuffing.

Of the two ruling parties, Sinn Féin are the vocal supporters of LGBT equality, a radical force in Irish politics with controversial historical roots in the republican armed struggle.

Benetton returns to its controversial marketing roots with a new campaign that features photoshopped images of President Obama and other world leaders engaging in a kiss.

A resident for over 40 years, Alex was a former NABET Union president who rose to the position during a controversial grass roots campaign in which he ousted the former president in a landslide victory.

So I didn't find the title of Richard Dawkins's Channel 4 documentary about religion in January remotely controversial: "The Root of All Evil?" Me, I'd have eliminated the question mark.

Bingo.com... Its good fortune, however, attracted an unusual amount of attention and hostility because Carpenter and Evans were neither "Webheads" nor computer geeks, but two women in their forties with controversial reputations rooted in the realm of books, magazines, and television.

Bingo.com... Its good fortune, however, attracted an unusual amount of attention — and hostility — because Carpenter and Evans were neither "Webheads" nor computer geeks, but two women in their forties with controversial reputations rooted in the realm of books, magazines, and television.

In the Netherlands, ethnic registration has proved to be a controversial issue rooted in the history of World War II (WWII) and it was linked to the nationalistic political climate at the time of our study (2010).

A corollary is that this controversial hypothesis that roots the base of the eukaryotic tree between Euglenozoa (or deep within the Euglenozoa tree) and all other eukaryotes now receives support from two very distinct properties (mitochondrial cytochromes and kinetochores), as well as many others (Cavalier-Smith, 2010, 2013).