Example sentences of "convinced that the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There are people who are convinced that the problem is so acute that lasting damage has already been done . |
| 2 | But I am more and more convinced that the problem is not at heart a technical problem capable of a technical solution but a moral problem concerned with the values of our age . |
| 3 | The Employment Research Centre has no view of its own on the root causes of unemployment but it is convinced that the problem of unemployment can be solved . |
| 4 | He said that he was convinced that the country did not want change , and was calling the referendum to expose the " lies " spread by " dissidents " about the level of support for multiparty politics ; it would , he said , give " people a chance to vote for me and my party … and to reject the introduction of other political parties " . |
| 5 | The SD station at nearby Friedberg noted that people were ‘ convinced that the fall of Stalingrad could take place any day ’ , even if with a presumed heavy toll of German lives . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | When a group of anti-embargo Americans organised a flotilla of 13 boats carrying aid to church organisations in Cuba from the Florida Keys on April 24th , right-wing groups were convinced that the stuff would end up in the hands of Mr Castro and the armed forces . |
| 8 | The prince , it seems , had not hitherto shown a particular interest in a damsel and Sir Thomas was therefore convinced that the attachment between yourself and the prince was simply a romantic interlude . ’ |
| 9 | He is not even convinced that the head of a financial institution needs to be all that numerate . |
| 10 | In such cases some form of longer-term individual or group psychotherapy may be beneficial , although the therapist must be convinced that the patient has sufficient motivation and ability to explore psychological phenomena before making a referral for psychotherapy . |
| 11 | 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 ’ . |
| 12 | However , a government statement issued at the end of a meeting with the Unified Movements and Fronts of Azawad on May 20 declared that both parties were convinced that the attack was the work of " unscrupulous and lawless " people . |
| 13 | Other reasons , including greater efficiency , better services and improved local accountability will need to be advanced if local electorates are to be convinced that the scale of change is justified . |
| 14 | We are not convinced that the attraction of out-of-town shopping is entirely a response to consumer demand . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | Between you , the Admiral and Robert , I have become convinced that the timing of Trueman 's death was a mite convenient . ’ |
| 17 | Lord Lane personally rejected the second appeal of the Birmingham Six in January 1988 saying , in words which returned to haunt him : ‘ As with many cases referred by the Home Secretary to the Court of Appeal , the longer the case has gone on , the more this court has been convinced that the jury was correct . ’ |
| 18 | Many policemen do appear to have a standard low opinion of black people , are convinced that the majority of the black population are criminal , and believe that a black person is guilty until he can , if he can , prove his innocence . |
| 19 | I had all this time neither seen nor heard anything ; nevertheless , I was convinced that the tigress was watching me . |
| 20 | Although not entirely convinced that the necklace was without real value , Alice did not protest as Félix fastened it around her neck . |
| 21 | Cayley was convinced that the steam engine would never be suitable , and he experimented from 1799 with hot-air engines , and from 1807 with engines fuelled by gunpowder . |
| 22 | Though his critics maintain they were trying to be constructive and wanted him to stay , Sutton was convinced that the criticism had been organized in advance as a warning that if he did not go , as Pilger was demanding , they would make life hell for him . |
| 23 | After evaluating the two studies the board is convinced that the link is " 80 per cent correct " , in the words of the director of its electricity safety department , Jaak N u . |
| 24 | This last task is possibly the most difficult because the audience must be convinced that the ending chosen is the only possible outcome of everything that has gone before . |
| 25 | Convinced that the treaty would undercut German sovereignty by taking away powers from the German parliament , he left Brussels and filed a sweeping complaint claiming that Maastricht damages constitutional guarantees of individual rights and democratic procedure . |
| 26 | 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 . |
| 27 | He was convinced that the surface of the planet Mars was criss-crossed by irrigational canals , betraying the presence on that world of a sophisticated civilization . |
| 28 | Convinced that the dynasty was lost , she felt that her duty was now to do everything in her power to save the country . |
| 29 | Until he got Jackson 's note he had been convinced that the man was suffering from some sort of regular illness . |
| 30 | Mr. Lowe ( Public Assistance Officer ) has had long talks with him and is convinced that the man is not normal ; he continually contradicts himself and his great joy is getting publicity . |