Example sentences of "convinced [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She was becoming more and more convinced teaching should be her career . |
| 2 | Boccioni convinced Marinetti of the necessity of the expedition , and accordingly Marinetti took Boccioni , Carrà and Russolo to Paris , arriving in the autumn of 1911 . |
| 3 | His atheist views , his contradictory and somewhat unscientific analyses , his dismissive attitude towards women , and his convinced hereditarianism created notoriety and left him isolated . |
| 4 | It would carry conviction only if located in a convincing scenario for sustained modernisation and growth — which no one is convinced Labour has . |
| 5 | This brought a reply from Salvidge , still a convinced coalitionist : |
| 6 | " The advent of a convinced coalitionist to the leadership of the largest coalition party was indeed the beginning of the end for coalition . |
| 7 | Leicester 0 , Bristol R 1 BRISTOL ROVERS defender Steve Yates is convinced caretaker boss Malcolm Allison will lead them out of relegation trouble . |
| 8 | But even with everything that 's known about the risks from AIDS , James is convinced withdrawal of the pharmacy service will encourage some addicts to take risks . |
| 9 | I 'm convinced half of them do n't actually open , they 're just designed as offensive weapons for use by psychopaths fed up with not getting a seat on the tube . |
| 10 | Well as I said , i am a convinced European , and I 'm perfectly comfortable debating European issues . |
| 11 | Because he was convinced Zack was about to scuttle and run , if he could n't get to Zack alone and unarmed , without a shadow from either the British or American authorities . ’ |
| 12 | Kattina was a convinced lesbian , and the only interest she had in Jacqui was the use of her body . |
| 13 | He was convinced Jeopardy would hate him for ever , change his mind about the performance , change his mind about his prowess . |
| 14 | Success allowed Frith to devote more time to leisure and to his family ; he remained a convinced Quaker . |
| 15 | Unlike Piggott , Hannon is convinced Geisway will stay the one and a half miles at Epsom . |
| 16 | By now he had become a convinced Zionist . |
| 17 | Those who have a strongly held ‘ grand ’ world view , with a convinced belief in God and a set of related moral values , are vulnerable at this point . |
| 18 | SHe knew he was holed up at Roirbak 's place , and was convinced hir instincts were right that Malamute hated Penumbra and was coping with moral dilemmas about what he 'd done for her . |
| 19 | The theological certainties he found in others intrigued , but never convinced Eyre . |
| 20 | Another extraordinary tale says that Ra , convinced mankind was plotting to overthrow him , sent Hathor to kill them all . |
| 21 | Multi-millionaire Silver , who ploughed part of his self-made fortune into hauling Leeds back to the pinnacle of the English game , is convinced manager Howard Wilkinson can spark another revival . |
| 22 | His monastery was strongly affected by the evangelical movement in Seville in the 1550s , when he was converted to Protestantism , thereafter remaining a convinced Calvinist . |
| 23 | That is not a relativist 's position , and it displays the sense in which I am a convinced believer in scientific progress . ’ |
| 24 | I 'm not a convinced believer , I just do n't find it difficult to credit that in these very ancient sites of occupation , where such emotional things are known to have happened , people should develop special sensitivities , racial memories , hypernormal sympathies , whatever you like to call them . |
| 25 | Farming journalists and politicians who visit New Zealand come back convinced life without subsidies is not just attractive but a realistic option — an argument they generally base on claims that British farmers by conventional standards are amongst the most efficient in Europe . |
| 26 | It was the Foreign Office 's reluctance to upset the entente with France by pressing too hard on the Congo issue which first convinced Morel of the baneful effects of traditional diplomacy , and provoked him to develop a coherent critique of what he later called ‘ the intrigues and imbecilities of professional diplomats . ’ |
| 27 | He was a convinced evolutionist and he thought that one could draw a line from the Egyptian lotus to the Greek palmette and from the Greek palmette to the acanthus which then developed into the arabesque like a biological affiliation . |
| 28 | Yet in spite of this he remained a convinced Catholic , regarding Voltaire and the Encyclopédie as profoundly dangerous . |
| 29 | CCETSW was convinced care management posts should be filled by qualified social workers . |
| 30 | Eventually her mother became convinced cannabis could help after reading evidence from doctors in the United States . |