Example sentences of "convinced that [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Fred Pearce says that DoE scientists returned from Stockholm in 1982 ‘ convinced that Norwegian claims about acid rain were largely right and the righteous warnings from the generating board about scientific uncertainties were largely prevarication . ’ |
| 2 | They are convinced that other players with Scottish connections are there to be found , and like the Irish and Welsh , the Scottish exiles have launched an appeal to attract players will Scottish qualifications . |
| 3 | Pick it up unknowingly and you will quickly be convinced that 10-child families are a cause for celebration rather than concern . |
| 4 | But Mr Laird is convinced that economic forces preclude a return to the bad old days of union disruption . |
| 5 | This is unlikely , because governors and parents are generally convinced that good schools need good teachers . |
| 6 | They were convinced that equal allowances , financed out of general taxation so that the rich contributed more than the poor , should be given in all income groups because the responsibility of motherhood and the value of the child were the same whatever the status of the parents . |
| 7 | Arts-based and classically trained , he was convinced that professional experts of Simon 's calibre did not conform to the new conception of the broad-based administrator . |
| 8 | Mr Milne said : ‘ I am convinced that certain parts of the north-east community have a death wish for the fish processing sector in this area . ’ |
| 9 | But overall , I am convinced that general SVQs — or something very like them — are the way forward . ’ |
| 10 | It is convinced that recent falls in interest rates have created conditions for a long-awaited recovery in the housing market . |
| 11 | I am convinced that simple answers , in working man 's English and full of hard facts ( often lacking in your replies ) , would alleviate the impression many of us hold that you have become a master in the art of waffling . |
| 12 | He added : ‘ The forum is convinced that joint boards and similar arrangements have a democratic deficit and are not perceived by the public as being the same as responsive local authorities . |
| 13 | The impact of behavioural change is notoriously difficult to quantify , but Hugh Aldous is convinced that steadily-rising profits and improvements in practically every financial indicator show that Robson Rhodes is on the right track . |
| 14 | Charles Turner Thackrah , England 's first real specialist in the field , was convinced that shortening hours was the most urgent of improvements . |
| 15 | So what of feminists , those who are convinced that Christian claims are true ? |
| 16 | In a number of other areas , and particularly , for example , in the provision of investment advice about packaged products , this is not so clear and SIB is not yet convinced that chartered accountants have obtained and retained the requisite level of knowledge — the discussions on this continue . |
| 17 | For all that he warned against the mixing of science and religion , Bacon remained convinced that scientific conclusions had still to be limited by religion . |
| 18 | They were convinced that scientific advances and improved living standards were steps toward a higher civilization and the general improvement of mankind , and that in time all human problems could be solved and all abuses eliminated . |
| 19 | For example , one local post graduate student involved in the Belfast research was firmly convinced that front-raised pronunciations by working-class speakers of items like cap and rat reflected attempts at correction in the direction of Received Pronunciation ; but the more systematically collected pilot-study data confirmed that this variant was in fact a low-status and recessive feature . |
| 20 | While he considers that salaries in the City have grown out of all proportion , he is convinced that corporate managers are falling behind in the remuneration they receive . |
| 21 | He blamed the weak links at federal level for shortcomings in the Yugoslav programme on Kosovo , but was convinced that constitutional changes would help resolve some of these problems . |
| 22 | Indeed , successive British ambassadors Sir Maurice Peterson and Sir Samuel Hoare were convinced that German agents in Madrid virtually wrote the Spanish newspapers directly . |