pertain

How To Use pertain In A Sentence

• Four principal types of source pertain to the subject: literature, works of graphic or plastic art, archaeological remains, and notated pieces of music.
• James Joyce's view that the Irish view the British through the ‘cracked looking glass of a servant’ no longer pertains.
• It has been claimed that it did not fall within the rules pertaining to MPs' travel entitlements.
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• He again applied his eye to the glass, and turning his ear to the partition, listened attentively: with a subtle and eager look upon his face, that might have appertained to some old goblin. Oliver Twist
• For example, an interest in the context sensitivity of realization in philosophy of mind (Wilson 2004, ch. 6) invokes issues pertaining to the context objection, individuation, temporality (especially causation versus constitution), and intrinsicality. Reductionism in Biology
• He gives the example of initiation into adulthood as a period of liminality in Ndembu society, when the norms of everyday life no longer pertain.
• The system collects a wide variety of quarterly data from different systems pertaining to reparable items such as failures, lead times, base and depot repair times, and excess inventory.
• Such women could organize monthly or bimonthly meetings and hold discussions regarding issues pertaining to women's health and education, etc.
• Moreover, each red ant has the characteristics that pertain to each of its ancestor categories. For example, red ants have six legs, which is one of the defining characteristics of the class Insecta.