Example sentences of "convinced that their [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 Unaware that the papacy had lost much of its earlier counter-Reformation vigour and that relations between Rome and Paris were far from harmonious , many English Protestants remained convinced that their church was increasingly at risk from the growing ambition of Louis XIV , and made strenuous efforts to divert Charles and James from their pro-Catholic paths .
2 Moreover , whereas the British workers were also overwhelmingly satisfied with their payment structure , the French were deeply convinced that their payment structure was based on unfair principles .
3 Not only will it alter but the spectrum might be reduced to one ; a court could say that although hypothetically varying interpretations of a term are possible , they are convinced that their view is the correct one .
4 Antwerpers are so convinced that their city is best that other Belgians think them chauvinist .
5 The timing seemed perfect — and both Allison and Ronnie were convinced that their honeymoon baby was destined to survive .
6 The second reason for the Labour movement 's hostility was that the trade unions had still to be convinced that their strength had increased sufficiently to risk reconsidering the position as declared at their annual conference in 1930 .
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