"its root lies" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it to describe something that has a foundation that is not easily seen or known. For example, "The issues with our relationship may look complicated, but its root lies in ineffective communication."
It would be ridiculous to compare it to the limits on Malala and the young women of the Swat Valley, but its root lie in similar expectations.
When I looked into where the practice had come from — to print newspapers on impractically large sheets of paper — it appeared its roots lay in England.
You could call it a "tragedy" if its roots lay less in political obfuscation and failure.
Sinha says that one of the reasons the project has been able to take off as quickly as it has, is that its roots lie in a container orchestration tool called Borg, which the company has been using internally for years.
But it cannot be until it sheds the derivative notion that its roots lie somewhere else.
It is part of our mission, and its roots lie in the principles of universality, non-discrimination, indivisibility and participation that underpin the Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC) and other major human rights instruments.
"If you're going to ask for the kind of access to make a film," said Tibaldi, explaining his empathetic approach, "it comes with responsibility". Research on hoarding suggests that its roots lie with a compulsive inability to let go of the past -- a complex and clinical disorder -- far more than simple laziness, and one wishes for a little more insight in this regard.
Its roots lie in the Nazi war machine, and it is protected from takeover by a 1960 law that limits large shareholders to 20% of the voting rights.
"Its roots lie in celebrating the emancipation of slavery and it has high artistic values, but it is a struggle to uphold those values when it is so underfunded".
