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Example sentences for "matters pertaining"

  • It made him an indifferentist and a unionist, always ready to strike a bargain also in matters pertaining to Christian faith, and to cover doctrinal differences with ambiguous formulas.

  • The professed object of the Leipzig Interim was to effect a compromise in order to escape persecution and desolation of the churches by adhering to the doctrine, notably of justification, but yielding in matters pertaining to ceremonies, etc.

  • Even in matters pertaining to grace this freedom was not entirely lost in the Fall.

  • Human laws, ordinances, and writings should under no circumstances be listened to in matters pertaining to faith and conscience, nor be admitted as evidence against the Word of God.

  • May she vote, or sit upon committees in matters pertaining to local or National interests?

  • Lind the poet was also indebted for his earliest lessons in Free Thought on matters pertaining to religion.

  • From the very earliest time I knew him, Senator Allison was an authority on matters pertaining to finance.

  • He was elected to and kept in the House, without any particular effort on his own part, because he was considered one of the most valuable men in Congress in matters pertaining to the tariff.

  • In addition, the work is not only of the greatest importance, but it has been very satisfactory, because partisanship has not at all entered into the disposition of matters pertaining to our foreign affairs.

  • I regretted very much that I was so engaged in matters pertaining to my official duties in Washington that it seemed impossible for me to be present.

  • Wherefore in matters pertaining to nature we should love our kindred most, in matters concerning relations between citizens, we should prefer our fellow-citizens, and on the battlefield our fellow-soldiers.

  • At that time the bishop of Cebú, Don Fray Juan López, arrived at Manila on matters pertaining to his church concerning the result of the visitation which he had made in the province of Ogtong.

  • It was as correct as my statement that, as early as January, 1919, I was conscious that he was no longer disposed to welcome my advice in matters pertaining to the peace negotiations at Paris.

  • The colonists themselves had been compelled to face difficulties incident to life in a new country, and had developed the power to act independently in matters pertaining to their individual good.

  • When invited to do so he gives legal advice to the legislature and to the executive officers, on matters pertaining to their official duties.

  • It was always Mark Twain's habit to rely on somebody, and in matters pertaining to literature and to literary people in general he laid his burden on William Dean Howells from that day.

  • It was not until fourteen years later that Mark Twain related some special matters pertaining to that evening.

  • On the other hand, any man may be called citizen, only in a restricted sense, if he dwells within the state, even common people or children or old men, who are not fit to enjoy power in matters pertaining to the common weal.

  • Experience in matters pertaining to action not only produces knowledge; it also causes a certain habit, by reason of custom, which renders the action easier.

  • Consequently, certain special points had to be observed in matters pertaining to the worship of God.

  • The moral virtues are more lasting than the intellectual virtues, because they are practised in matters pertaining to the life of the community.

  • A most hopeful sign was the greater public interest taken in matters pertaining to the public health.

  • His first report (1903) is enlightening as to the methods of the School Board in matters pertaining to the health of the children attending the schools.

  • There is a third sphere of government in matters pertaining to the public health--namely, that occupied by the State.

  • That country was backward in matters pertaining to the airship, because its experiments were carried out spasmodically while dependence was reposed somewhat too much upon foreign effort.

  • Great Britain lagged behind her Continental rivals in the development of the Fourth Arm, especially in matters pertaining to motive power.

  • Although the Zeppelin is the main stake of the German people in matters pertaining to aerial conquest, other types of airships have not been ignored, as related in another chapter.

  • Ernst Schmidt was constituted chairman of the committee of an organization, taking charge of matters pertaining to raising money for the defense.

  • The body of the Priesthood consists of the persons who have received this authority and who may act for God, on earth, in matters pertaining to the Church or to themselves.

  • Matters pertaining to man's earth-life are matters of eternal interest; and the laws formulated for the guidance of man on earth must be laws which in some form are fundamental for the guidance of man in any place and at all times.

  • And my views of political subjects were as much out of the ordinary way as my views on matters pertaining to religion.

  • And many a time was I shocked while reading his "Discourse on Matters pertaining to Religion," by the contemptuous manner in which he spoke of portions of the sacred Scriptures.

  • I went, and we had a lengthened conversation on matters pertaining to religion and the Church.

  • These new magistrates served as ministers of the audiencia when their special duties permitted, and they were ordered to consult with the governor from time to time in regard to matters pertaining to their respective fields.

  • The president, fiscal, and the senior oidor concurred in the acuerdos which treated of matters pertaining to real hacienda.

  • The history of the Philippines is replete with instances in which the audiencia either gave counsel in matters pertaining to defense, or took an active part in resistance.


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    Some common collocations, pairs and triplets of words:
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