Example sentences of "[adv] convinced that [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Although not entirely convinced that the necklace was without real value , Alice did not protest as Félix fastened it around her neck . |
| 2 | As their experience built up , the Treasury became less and less convinced that the role that had been envisaged for the nationalised industries in overall demand management was a desirable one . |
| 3 | Those readers who are now sufficiently convinced that the F-Plan is the first realistically helpful medical advance in slimming , as indeed it is , may if they wish turn to page 91 of this book , where they will find all the rules for following the plan , followed by recipes , menus and charts . |
| 4 | A grateful stock market was apparently convinced that the war would be over in a matter of hours , and so the Dow Jones roared to a 114-point gain . |
| 5 | She was now so convinced that the technique worked that she was quite able to deal with other situations on her own , using precisely the same methods . |
| 6 | Finally , the ‘ intelligentsia ’ and scholarly circles — presumably attached to Leipzig University — in condemning Hess reportedly included some reproaches for Hitler for selecting such a ‘ mentally disturbed person as his possible successor ’ , though it was immediately added that most members of such circles were ‘ nevertheless convinced that the Führer no longer hears at all about the actual mood and situation within the Reich itself and that most things are kept from him ’ . |
| 7 | Organisations are reassessing their priorities , says Price Waterhouse consultant Nick Cherrie , and , if they are not convinced that a project can offer a quantifiable and speedy payback , they are likely to shelve it . |
| 8 | However , they are not convinced that the primary cause of this is toxic concentrations of aluminium released into the soil as acidity increased . |
| 9 | In terms of study leave , some organisations were not convinced that the Institute 's minimum requirement of 20 weeks was necessary . |
| 10 | I , personally , am not convinced that the proposals should be adopted , although I appreciate the competitive pressures that have prompted them . |
| 11 | In its reply , in a memorandum to HM Treasury , the Institute said that it was not convinced that the proposals were needed . |
| 12 | We are not convinced that the object of the exercise is to make yet more people to become like ourselves ! |
| 13 | But he cleverly avoided being specific about the geography , Preston noted , obviously not convinced that the late baptism had done the trick . |
| 14 | I am not convinced that the ‘ conceptual map ’ of our subject has changed a lot in the last decade . |
| 15 | We are not convinced that the penal realities concerning race and gender outlined in Chapter 9 can be satisfactorily explained in this manner . |
| 16 | I am therefore not convinced that the distinction is a sufficient basis for concluding that the Secretary of State is bound by the judicial view for one class of case , but not for the other . |
| 17 | However , I am not convinced that the most relevant biochemical questions have yet been asked , partly at least because so much attention has been devoted to the intimate synaptic processes involved in the initiation of LTP that surprisingly little has been directed towards what seems to me most interesting about it — the very long-term nature of the phenomenon . |
| 18 | We are not convinced that the attraction of out-of-town shopping is entirely a response to consumer demand . |
| 19 | The Committee is not convinced that the proposal for ‘ Community Supervision Orders ’ [ CSOs ] put forward by the Royal College of Psychiatrists will provide the solution for ensuring patients receive the care they need . |
| 20 | I am not convinced that the new labels of Euro-sceptics and Euro-federalists are much more helpful , for ’ federalism ’ seems to be a misused and contested term . |
| 21 | We are not convinced that the Government pay enough attention to quality . |
| 22 | What it means in practice is that the court may decide not to make an order , even if the requirements of s31 are satisfied , if it is not convinced that the order will positively benefit the child . |
| 23 | The statement would certainly have no effect on a jury trial taking place six months later , and the court was not convinced that the statement carried the defamatory implication that Crozier was dishonest or incompetent . |
| 24 | Anyone still not convinced that the hungry fighter theory is flawed should consider then the case of Irish-American ring great , Jimmy McLarnin . |
| 25 | A COSLA senior official said yesterday : ‘ We are still not convinced that the report is anywhere near a reasonable basis for changing the local government structure . ’ |
| 26 | However , I am not convinced that the Government 's proposals are right or workable . |
| 27 | Abandoning winter sports for the refugee camps , Nicholas Winton was quickly convinced that a German invasion of Czechoslovakia was imminent . |
| 28 | By ten past nine , both boys were becoming more and more convinced that no one was going to arrive . |
| 29 | However , as month after month went by , I became more and more convinced that the real problem with the health service was a lack of management . |
| 30 | The fact that parts of Poland were virtually indistinguishable from parts of Germany in terms of social complexity , levels of absolute poverty and economic success , that the Polish szlachta and the German Junker had more in common with each other than they did with either Berliners or Warsawians , that the average Polish and German smallholders and peasants had more in common with each other than they did with their social betters and political masters — all this meant nothing , except perhaps to make the Germans more convinced that the Poles would eventually drag them down to the Polish level of degradation . |