Sentence examples for their grass roots from inspiring English sources

Business groups, led by the chamber and the National Association of Manufacturers, mobilized their grass roots and pressed for compromise.

Looking to 2008, Democrats can still learn from the people at their grass roots if they are inclined to learn.

That will surely raise new questions about the failure of Washington Republicans to control a right flank in their grass roots.

In the press, Party leaders called on those in rotation to strengthen their attachment to their grass roots, i.e., the working masses, rather than yearning for the capital.

But some Christian conservatives say that no matter the energy at their grass roots, the animosity of their secular allies may well doom his campaign.

In his observation of football's boardrooms, as astute as his slicing through the lies of South Yorkshire police, Taylor famously noted: "As for the clubs, it is legitimate to wonder whether the directors are genuinely interested in the welfare of their grass roots supporters.

Politicians have long been able to use their grass-roots organisations to get children elected.

More important, they said, Mr. Ryan would fire up their grass-roots members, some of whom had doubted Mr. Romney's commitment to cutting the size of government.

Both the CGT and SUD are under particular pressure from their grass-roots to flex their muscles because industrial action has lost much of its punch.

Longtime fans suspect, and with good reason, that their grass-roots sport and homegrown heroes are being overshadowed by corporate carpetbaggers, pretty-boy drivers and sponsors' spin doctors.

They are the true activists that fight big agribusinesses but are far too seldom credited for their grass-roots advocacy work: building the infrastructure for the modern urban farm grid.