Voorbeelden van pertinacious

• The fly is spoken of as having been very pertinacious and aggressive, attacking men, and the donkeys which hunters occasionally brought into the areas, most savagely.

• What is undoubted is that they are pertinacious if not loquacious.

• But this student was very pertinacious, and he put back the line where it had been before.

• I am sorry to be so pertinacious about that.

• I have a later letter which was written because the trade union secretary was pertinacious and received another reply, which is a classic.

• We all know from his military record that he is a very pertinacious gentleman.

• This is an example of what can be achieved by a pertinacious back-bencher.

• He has been extremely pertinacious about this matter.

• The holding of a referendum was secured by the pertinacious efforts of a few people.

• It was evident that any serious opposition would be fatal and unfortunately a most pertinacious opposition arose.

• I am sorry to be rather pertinacious about this, but we are entitled to have the information.

• I believe that a great many accidents, as has been said to-day, can be avoided by more pertinacious research.

• I am most grateful to him for being so pertinacious as to bring it up again, for obviously the matter to which it refers is of concern to us all.

• I know of few people who have occupied his office who have been more assiduous or more pertinacious in following up any matter that he thinks requires a remedy.

• I doubt whether there are a great many of us here who would not be pertinacious, and determined to continue to be so, when we thought it was necessary.