Example sentences of "convinced that [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I am convinced that Victorian prudery was much to blame for this , and modern treatment might have much ameliorated it . |
| 2 | He 's convinced that other Texel types have concentrated too much on length , heads and bone , and as a result have lost hindquarter muscling . |
| 3 | I am convinced that good play has something to do with relaxation and good company . |
| 4 | We are firmly convinced that regional loyalty to Palatine Ales is such that if our beers were replaced by Anglo-Welsh products there would be a significant overall reduction in sales . |
| 5 | Merseytravel is convinced that increased use of the Fast-tag system will mean more efficient traffic flows . |
| 6 | Maybe Madison Avenue is too much with me , but a recent encounter with the National Institutes of Health left me convinced that biomedical research like air freshener and tapered nappies , creates markets to ensure its survival . |
| 7 | Note that Lord Blackburn was convinced that prompt part payment of a debt is in fact a benefit to the creditor but he abandoned the opinion that it is for that reason consideration for the creditor 's promise not to claim the balance . |
| 8 | For myself , I remain convinced that private morality can not be divorced from public and environmental moralities and I predict that the politics of the future will have to lay greater stress on this area of life . |
| 9 | But I am convinced that lasting success in this will only come when both movements are strong . |
| 10 | Both had become convinced that papal jurisdiction had been wrongful , and now wished to make use of the supremacy to strengthen the monarchy . |
| 11 | I am convinced that current practice in the best of our primary schools is second to none and I know this view is also held by educators in other parts of the world . |
| 12 | Through observation of his own case , he became convinced that chronic muscle tension — a result of life 's physical and emotional stresses — which overlays and destroys natural poise we have as tiny children , and manifests itself in hunched shoulders , clenched jaws , a slouched or twisted spine , with , as often as not , the head held to one side , could not but interfere with the efficient functioning of the body , restricting breathing , circulation and digestion . |
| 13 | Gaskin , who is convinced that modern monofilament gill-nets have caused serious declines in dolphin and porpoise populations worldwide , is convinced that coastal porpoise and dolphin species are in decline everywhere , and is alarmed at the situation . |
| 14 | There is no general evidence as yet to link second home ownership with house price increases ( de Vane 1975 ) , but in local instances this has undoubtedly happened on a property-for-property basis , and it is easy to be convinced that dire housing consequences can come about for the ‘ traditional ’ rural population . |
| 15 | He was convinced that full employment could be achieved without requiring all the measures of State intervention which a year before ( at a previous conference ) he had argued were essential . |
| 16 | We remain convinced that full merger is the best way forward and the amendment will e enable the project to make progress If the Lib Dems have changed their mind Chairman and do support the forthcoming Labour amendment erm th the worst aspect for me is that I 've lost a bet because Bob bet me a year ago that the Lib Dems would not last the distance and he 's been proved right . |
| 17 | However , many professional planners are also convinced that Green Belt restrictions are partly responsible for many of the problems facing the south east such as housing land shortages , rocketing house prices , loss of employment opportunities in rural areas , and labour immobility . |
| 18 | It read : ‘ I am convinced that British manufacturing industry can prosper again in the Nineties and restore Britain 's place among the great industrial nations of the world . ’ |
| 19 | The British Chiefs of Staff were convinced that British possession of nuclear weapons was a strategic necessity . |
| 20 | Gaskin , who is convinced that modern monofilament gill-nets have caused serious declines in dolphin and porpoise populations worldwide , is convinced that coastal porpoise and dolphin species are in decline everywhere , and is alarmed at the situation . |
| 21 | Besant was an earnest Victorian , with equally earnest friends and associates , all of them convinced that human nature , the universe and everything were perfectible , if only they could find the right answer . |
| 22 | Given half a chance she 'd have taken on the job of finding a soul-mate for Shannon with all the crusading zeal of a missionary , since she was blissfully convinced that true happiness could be found only in a strong relationship such as the one she had . |
| 23 | And his article is about the corollary of discovering that the other begins at home , namely disenchantment : ‘ almost twenty years later I am not convinced that sexual love between men exists in places like Saudi Arabia ’ ( p. 45 ) . |
| 24 | " The European Council is convinced that harmonious development of the Union over the coming years depends to a considerable degree on the strict application to existing and future legislation of the principle of subsidiarity by all the institutions . " |
| 25 | Arthur Scargill 's influence seems to have diminished , but the trade union world as a whole is far from being convinced that nuclear power is a good thing and that development should be encouraged . |