Example sentences of "he [be] [adv] convinced that " in BNC.
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| 1 | He is not convinced that having read them aspiring managers can go away and teach themselves to be good leaders . |
| 2 | Of course Herman loves her whisperings — for he is always convinced that he will catch a word or two — but all he has ever heard was when she was going from the dining-room to the drawing-room after lunch with him , and she whispered : ‘ I hate sauces . |
| 3 | ‘ He 's utterly convinced that he 's being exiled to St Helen 's , poor devil ’ |
| 4 | To Duane 's unease she becomes immediate confidant to his sharp-tongued wife — and he 's soon convinced that his inadequacies and foibles are chief topics of discussion . |
| 5 | He was firmly convinced that it was only by consolidating working class effort to meet capitalist effort that they would win through to salvation … |
| 6 | He had of course his grasp of military and diplomatic practice to help him ; and he was firmly convinced that the Roman constitution was open to analysis in Greek terms . |
| 7 | He was so convinced that she was , he just assumed she had stayed with some girlfriend to try to make him jealous . |
| 8 | He did not keep a watch on her ; there was no necessity , and in his own mind he was almost convinced that nothing would happen . |
| 9 | A gradualist in his socialism , he was now convinced that the trade union movement had ‘ passed from the era of propaganda to one of responsibility ’ . |
| 10 | He was still convinced that there was something wrong and said that he had noticed some urethral discharge first thing in the morning and also a slight ‘ tingle ’ when he first passed urine in the day . |
| 11 | But the effect of hypnosis on the victim 's memory persisted , and a year later he was still convinced that the defendant was the actual attacker . |
| 12 | He was still convinced that if he could somehow get rid of the tension in the neck then the other problems would automatically be resolved . |
| 13 | But Mr Hanson , who has a 16,000 signature petition to save the pit , said he was still convinced that it was a political decision . |