Example sentences of "[noun sg] have convinced [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | However , clinical and research experience has convinced us that if therapists maintain a problem-orientated approach as central to their work this enables them to keep their interventions focused on the most important issues for each patient . |
| 2 | Deeper study has convinced me of the opposite . |
| 3 | The extraordinary stop-start conversation between Victor and his monster had convinced me of the latter 's supreme dangerousness : given its malevolence , its lying and eloquent tongue was probably as big a threat as its turn of speed . |
| 4 | Yet 35 years of research have convinced me that managerial hierarchy is the most efficient , the hardiest , and in fact the most natural structure ever devised for large organizations . |
| 5 | If the test has convinced you that you are weak on spelling , a useful reference book is Cassell 's New Spelling Dictionary ( £1.95 ) . |
| 6 | His earlier work had convinced him of the importance of the home market in maintaining effective demand , so a new policy which emphasized its expansion was called for . |
| 7 | He wrote that the inspector had recommended the building for listing but the Greater London Council had convinced him and his colleagues that there was no alternative use and that listing would result in a ‘ very heavy loss of public funds ’ . |
| 8 | But a closer examination has convinced me that , alien though Hugh 's thought was to the main stream of Anselm 's , an influence of some importance can be traced . |
| 9 | My boots were three sizes too big for me , since the man in the shop had convinced me it was necessary . |
| 10 | A sleepless night had convinced her that in the event of Thomas 's death her role was forlorn fiancée . |
| 11 | Twenty years of police service had convinced him that Murphy 's law applied especially to police operations — no matter how meticulously they were planned , if it were remotely possible for something to fuck up , then it would ! |
| 12 | WHAT Manchester United have done in the close season has convinced me Alex Ferguson has probably blown it . |
| 13 | The coldness of his manner had convinced her they would n't speak again , but in the middle of a clearing he had reined in his horse and turned to wait for her . |
| 14 | If there had been a man up the tree on the night of Mary Connon 's death — and a conversation with Kathy Grogan earlier that morning had convinced him , though her interpretation of the written word might be naively literal , there was nothing wrong with her senses , then that man could have been there for only one of three purposes . |
| 15 | But PC Danby 's success has convinced him that our way is best . |
| 16 | Doctor Sloan of Ayr who conducted a post mortem examination on John was approached later by a group of old miners with the question , The doctor confessed that he had not paid particular attention to the man 's feet , whereat the miners went off with knowing expressions on their faces ; superstition had convinced them that if the doctor had looked he would have seen cloven hoofs , proving that the devil had appeared in the guise of John Brown for some evil purpose of his own . |
| 17 | His work on fossils and on comparative anatomy had convinced him of the reality of species and the lack of missing links between them . |
| 18 | His ride against her when beaten half a length on Bachelor 's Button in the previous season 's Jockey Club Cup had convinced him that her stamina was flawed . |
| 19 | He said that a recent report in New Scientist that the Turin lead experiment had been censored , coupled with the conversion of several eminent scientists to the anti-lead cause had convinced him that action was urgent . |
| 20 | In an address to the Senate on April 19 Dole said that his visit to the Middle East had convinced him that the March 22 resolution was a mistake and that the issue of Jerusalem had to be decided by negotiation between Arabs and Israelis . |
| 21 | Formal education was shelved , which was a relief , because the unctuous kind of diligence expected of her at school had convinced her that she was both stupid and sinful . |
| 22 | Liz had just announced that this conversation had convinced her , and she was going to get a hospital job of some sort , when Juliet suddenly remembered Nigel . |
| 23 | Inter-collegiate golf had convinced her that , eventually , her future was on the L.P.G.A. Tour . |
| 24 | Although IBM and DEC withdrew their products from Technology following its acquisition by ICL , Coon says that Technology has convinced him that it will not cross sell or give away DG 's secrets to its competitors . |
| 25 | My recent visit has convinced me that that kind of solution is now dead . |
| 26 | As there is little work in the shipyards , it would have taken a special appeal to have convinced them to down tools . |
| 27 | Perhaps her mother had convinced him that Shiona was incapable of such behaviour , or perhaps he had n't needed any convincing . |