| In some way, his pertinence had to be crucial to the question of extreme functionalism in relation to a supposedly formalist modernism. |
| Although he mentions a publisher's catalogue, he seems doubtful about its pertinence to the task. |
| But despite the pertinence and importance of Dawn's critique, her schoolmarmish, finger-wagging tone may put people off. |
| For musicians, there is now a sense of relevance and pertinence to their voice that has been vacant for nearly thirty years. |
| Estranged from her painter father at the age of eight, the making of his giant head has special pertinence. |
| They might have held some pertinence had the mood of the town been more powerfully evoked. |
