Sentence examples for serious roots from inspiring English sources

Still, the government said the crew had serious roots in organized crime, perhaps best exemplified by Mr. Amato, the balding, bespectacled 48-year-old described as its leader.

In the end, "Transcendence" has some serious roots in today's fast-expanding AI world.

But don't let the frivolity give you the wrong idea the Rockettes are a drag family with serious roots in radical, race-conscious HIV/AIDS advocacy.

Emphasis was placed on tension, plot and character in addition to a return to Bond's more serious roots, whilst For Your Eyes Only "showed a clear attempt to activate some lapsed and inactive parts of the Bond mythology".

www.thegarden.com RYAN ADAMS With "Gold," Mr. Adams has broken free from an overrated alt-country band (Whiskeytown) into the territory of the serious roots-rock album.

After all, he has a serious rooting interest.

The thought of sweet potatoes, potted or not, sent me off on some serious root shopping, and I started the peeling and chopping for a chicken-with-both.

Scientists from Germany, Switzerland, and the U.S. used another form of plant defense to genetically engineer corn (maize) plants to fight off a serious root pest.

So the principle that clubs should be more like true clubs, there to serve their members, the supporters, not the commercial interests of whoever bought the holding company, took serious root in the government more than a decade ago.

And it was full of delectable things: garlic, shallots, tomatoes, rosemary, oranges and lemons, and a medley of serious root vegetables, braised in olive oil and simmered in white wine and a veal stock reduced to a demi-glace.

If the genie fills a somewhat superstitious role in her life, it seems well matched to its multifaceted owner: both funny and serious, rooted in history but rootless in origin, hard to date or place, and ready and able to mean whatever you want it to mean.