Example sentences of "become convinced that [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Only the walls heard this delirious talk , but I was suddenly seized by a guilty fear , and became convinced that the two children were taking it in and that it was ringing in Aisha 's ears at work , and I rushed to pack my suitcase before she came back . |
| 2 | Dr Gerson became convinced that the treatment helped the body to heal itself , regardless of the nature of the disease . |
| 3 | More and more , 1 became convinced that the priority for the 1990s should be families with children . |
| 4 | He became convinced that the horses were sensing his moods and feelings and were anticipating his wishes through telepathy , and he proved its existence by using pairs of closely bonded or empathic horses ( horses who were mentally and emotionally close to each other ) in a series of experiments . |
| 5 | In 1879 Campbell , the Inspector-General , became convinced that the Navalapitiya police were regularly involved in burglaries . |
| 6 | But he soon became convinced that the herpes virus , which was thought for a while to be associated with cancer , had in reality nothing to do with the disease . |
| 7 | The general consensus on this matter was left undisturbed until 1984 when Mr Theo Laurentius , an art dealer who specialises in Rembrandt prints , became convinced that the paper on which the etchings were printed did after all hold the key to their authenticity and thus to their value . |
| 8 | As we read more and more of the encyclopedias Brian became convinced that the best animal for the terrain would be the yak . |
| 9 | Many of the botanists who studied the adaptation of species to extreme environments became convinced that the effect of the climate upon an individual plant could be transmitted to its offspring , thus building up the species ' level of adaptation through a Lamarckian process . |
| 10 | Many became convinced that the region could now find its own way to socialism , without the help of a Communist party or Stalinism . |
| 11 | Reared in the idealism of the Christian Socialists , Margaret Llewelyn Davies became convinced that the Rochdale Pioneers ' theory of co-operation provided an ideal basis for society , and joined the Marylebone branch of the Women 's Co-operative Guild , which had been formed in 1883 . |
| 12 | But certain elements in Washington had become convinced that a Communist cancer was spreading through the international system and that it must be met by an American policy of ‘ containment ’ . |
| 13 | Furthermore , he had become convinced that the diocesan system of church government was unbiblical . |
| 14 | Barnett had been a founder of COS in 1869 but , largely due to his experience in a desperately poor Whitechapel parish , he had become convinced that the COS did not understand the meaning of poverty and the helplessness which it bred . |
| 15 | Between you , the Admiral and Robert , I have become convinced that the timing of Trueman 's death was a mite convenient . ’ |
| 16 | State agencies other then the Ministry of Internal Affairs , furthermore , either had become convinced that the government would run more risks by abandoning reform than it would by continuing with it , or were acquiring ministers whose commitment to change was actually greater than that of their predecessors . |
| 17 | Everyone we 've approached has become convinced that the proposed development can only enhance the town . |
| 18 | It is likely that some degree of unity could have been achieved between them had not Mrs Webb become convinced that the division was irreconcilable and determined to make every effort to bring her proposals to fruition . |