Sentence examples for has distant roots from inspiring English sources

Froome rides for Britain, and he has distant roots in this country, but he is an African.

RBTT itself has distant roots in a Royal Bank branch which opened in Port of Spain in 1910.

The mark of the Augsburg goldsmith Marx Merzenbach, struck between 1679 and 1683, is a reminder that European Surrealism has distant roots.

Because calligraphy had distant roots in pictographs distilled from natural forms, both writing and painting were thought to be hardwired to nature itself: its energy flowed from the body, through the brush and into the ink.

And while the show's many fabric-based pieces may have distant roots in a tradition of textile industry labor, work by H. A. Rodriguez-Mora, Juana Valdes, and Alejandro Diaz (whose "Breakfast Tacos at Tiffany's" is a standout) is interesting for its intelligent and expressive riffs on Minimalism and Pop.

He also has distant relatives there.

This Queen's speech had its distant roots in August 2011, and, specifically, five nights when cities across England descended into looting, conflagration and violence.

Esther Romera, who is fifty-three and was born in Caracas, had some distant roots in Spain, so that was where she and her family would go.

I had distant company.

Nine patients had distant metastases.

No patient had distant metastases.