Example sentences of "[adv] convinced that a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Abandoning winter sports for the refugee camps , Nicholas Winton was quickly convinced that a German invasion of Czechoslovakia was imminent . |
| 2 | ‘ A healthy situation should be the first object that ought to fix the attention of the Society — because there is no person but is very well convinced that a marshy and low Ground exhales very unwholesome and putrid vapours which affect the bodies of individuals that may be exposed to their action either through the pores or attracted by the breath , or otherways by the Food and Drink — if these particles will affect healthy bodies , their effect must be much more pernicious on diseased animals , therefore the Veterinary Infirmary should not be established in an atmosphere continually charged with particles destructive to health . |
| 3 | I am increasingly convinced that a comprehensive test ban would be a big step to take in curbing proliferation . |
| 4 | Now , getting back to the comment the woman made earlier about men being misogynist within their own world I 'm quite convinced that a good deal of those men would go home to their wives and family and be very loving to their , to their wives and family , be respectful of their neighbours but as soon as they got in the all male environment , and this woman was there to be used , she was their property for the time that they paid their money to get through the door , they could be as misogynist , offensive and horrid as they wanted to be ! |
| 5 | ‘ Of course I 'm not a medical man , ’ he went on , ‘ but I am absolutely convinced that a lot of mental ill-health springs from not having enough to do . ’ |