| Psychologists have long noted that rational debate seldom convinces people of the truth of an argument, unless they enter the debate uncommitted. |
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| His mother finally convinces him to go try to get money from his father, but when they arrive at his home he refuses. |
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| What is significant is the way Bingham convinces us that politics is a game worth playing. |
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| A sideshow hypnotist erases her memory of her life in the African treetops and convinces her that she and Lyle are husband and wife. |
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| However, Josie's forked tongue flickers into persuasive mode and eventually convinces Tasha to keep schtum. |
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| The thought of a high-born babe with the hots for him convinces Fred that it's time to explore the charms of the English countryside. |
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| In Job, Newsom convinces us, truth is multiple and glimpsed in the harsh interplay of genres and voices. |
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| She backs off until Sam does something that convinces her he still needs her. |
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| Examples are too numerous to mention, but from reels to strathspeys, fast or slow, he always convinces. |
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| State politics, county politics, city politics and neighbourhood politics are what still convinces most Americans that they have a say. |
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| Marlon convinces him that it's only jealousy and then asks him to help him carry the picnic hamper. |
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| She tells him she lied, convinces him she's now telling the truth, and he launches a campaign to get to the bottom of the case. |
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| Until someone convinces me, I believe it would weaken the power of Leeds City Council. |
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| It almost convinces me that political bias plays a role in mainstream media coverage. |
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| He convinces her to go by promising a full congregation for her mission, and Sarah quickly takes to the milk drinks Sky orders for her. |
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| Greg convinces Seth to come into JT Marlin for an interview, which is conducted by Ben Affleck in a bit of a star turn. |
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| It was the kind of shot that also convinces Westwood of the bright future that may lie ahead for the youngster. |
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| Mickey is still there and, realizing that this past version of Jack does not know him, convinces Jack to let him tag along. |
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| Amanda convinces Tom to bring home someone from the warehouse to meet his sister. |
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| One of the authors, a drunken sot, compliments Deeds, and convinces him, with Bennett's help, to go on a binge with him. |
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| To cure Fred of his practical joking, Barney convinces his friend that he is running a counterfeiting ring out of his basement. |
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| His book convinces the reader that an hour of actual experience is worth more than a lifetime of annotation. |
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| Darnell convinces the gang to believe that Y2K will signal the end of the world and they, happily, will be the last people on Earth. |
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| But pushy Michael somehow convinces them to turn off the sound and starts banging on an old upright piano. |
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| He skilfully convinces Othello that his wife Desdemona has been adulterous with Cassio. |
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| Jeffrey borrows a bug sprayer from his father's hardware store and convinces Dorothy to let him in to spray the kitchen. |
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| The handkerchief is the physical evidence that convinces Othello of his wife's faithlessness. |
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| Ergonomically in line with the other three cameras, the EVOLUTION 5800 convinces through its visualisation technology. |
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| He convinces you if you play the schemes right, you can't lose. |
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| His father's death convinces him not to change the world but to save it. |
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| McCoy convinces Cody to bring her along as backup, and the rescue begins. |
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| Like a classic maven he convinces the reader to just trust him, he knows what he's talking about and is willing to freely share his valuable knowledge. |
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| Andy successfully isolates Dwight from the rest of the party and convinces Michael to ask out their waitress. |
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| A close reading of the memo convinces us that all their grievances stemmed from the reduced career prospects open to Anglophones. |
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| They also make provision for the Minister to waive that requirement if CSIS convinces him or her of an operational necessity to do so. |
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| Marcelina convinces him not to eat her but instead to try her famous huevos rancheros. |
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| But they may yet leave if Egypt convinces them that it can stop the smuggling by stationing a suitable number of border guards on the frontier. |
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| With its plainness and robustness, Marco Polo convinces every globetrotter even in case of extreme conditions. |
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| One day, a strange dwarfish erudite doctor recognizes his talent and convinces him to go to work for a rich shipbuilder. |
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| If mature thought convinces you that it can be done, then you will wade into it and do it. |
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| A value judgment, that estimates the efficiency of a text as it convinces an audience of its statements or communicates its meaning. |
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| A chance encounter brings the two together and Soo-ta convinces Gang-pae to come and play the role of, well, a mobster. |
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| She raps about witches, and convinces her pals in trippy rock bands to make beats with her. |
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| The guys who get caught now will be the ones who are sold a bill of goods by someone who convinces them he has a way to keep them from being caught. |
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| If it says no and the requester than successfully convinces a national privacy body, Google will face big fines. |
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| Only the way his eyes light up when talking about New Guinea convinces you that he really has an Indiana Jones side to him. |
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| Sorn Lorn, the actual executive director, convinces her to get involved full time in the project and to come to Cambodia to give English lessons. |
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| Without unsheathing his sword, the warrior convinces him that that combat is not his. |
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| The new mechanical sweeper Kerwit A80 D with high-dump facility convinces through its manoeuvrability and ease of use. |
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| Besides, he may be socked for damages if he omits a test that a lawyer subsequently convinces a jury might have been useful. |
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| If studying and examining federalism as it is actually practiced convinces some that it is not appropriate to their situation, so be it. |
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| With the highest quality double-headed chest-piece, it convinces with its superior acoustics in every situation. |
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| Everything that we do that convinces people to make a choice, and make the choice that gives them a free Afghanistan is a right step. |
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| After a few years spent in Montreal, Lino Saputo convinces his father, Giuseppe, to start his own business. |
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| The fast and reliable Siemens 840D sl CNC control convinces with its clearly structured menu guidance, thus increasing the operating comfort. |
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| Whenever highest milling power and flexibility are requested the G250 convinces with its advantages. |
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| I always hope that this convinces the other party that my client is serious and determined to go forward with his claim. |
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| In the end, prolix though he may be, he convinces you that he is indeed one of the greatest living explorers of the inner self, and of the destinies that fiction offers. |
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| I love the fact that she sings English with a real American accent and convinces you very much like a great pop singer does, entering into the drama of the poem. |
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| Her kid sister Ava is also hanging out in Detroit and convinces the oldsters to go out for a night of clubbing. |
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| He eventually wears her down with his persistence and convinces her to marry him by giving her mother and siblings a place to live when her father dies. |
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| He designs a cover that looks not a little like other pulpy thrillers in his favourite corner of the bookshop, and convinces a Sydney bookstore to stock it. |
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| Watching his LBJ cackling as he convinces various congressmen to vote with him is reason enough to see All the Way. |
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| I know of no rational argument which convinces me that plays that are enjoyed and discussed by intellectuals are any better than plays which entertain a middlebrow audience. |
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| A mouthwatering TV commercial convinces the duo that what they need, more than anything else, are some White Castle burgers. |
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| The unreasoning, regular arrival of the stuff convinces me that only people who had turned themselves into loathsome machines for unguessable reasons could be behind it. |
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| Just reading the tracklisting convinces you it's going to be naff. |
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| In the film, Walt Disney convinces author p. L. Travers to hand over the rights to her book. |
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| It should not expect much, however, until it convinces Riyadh that it can put together successful policies in the region. |
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| It is a performance that convinces you it is wrong to play the part as though the men's perceptions of her as a destructive fascinator were self-evidently correct. |
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| His fantastically physical performance convinces you of his character's genius and the play catches fire whenever he's on stage. |
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| Determined to get revenge for the public humiliation of being jilted by her boyfriend Percy, Diana convinces her graduating class to challenge a rival school to a contest to see who gets the girls for the senior prom. |
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| This was an encounter which was waiting to happen, and the result is a closely-argued piece of writing which convinces us that, despite everything, there is still something upon which our eye may meaningfully rest. |
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| It seems as if every quotation, every thought and reflection convinces him to cast another of these anchors with which he positions himself in the impenetrability of the present. |
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| Typically what happens today is the following: a non-Canadian company wishing to acquire a Canadian company convinces Industry Canada that their transaction will result in more investment and more jobs. |
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| One day, she convinces Adam that it would be good for them to split up and work different parts of the Garden. |
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| His young wife, Credd, drugs all present, and then convinces Cano to be her lover. |
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| If on the other hand, the evidence presented convinces the judge beyond any reasonable doubt of the guilt of the accused, she must convict the accused. |
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| There to greet him at the gates is his sister who, not particularly believably, convinces him to spend a night in the old family home. |
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| Only when the government convinces them that it has set the economy on a course of long-term growth will it be able to lure their dollars back home without having to bribe them. |
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| When attacked by critics, the faithful tend to circle the wagons, only to capitulate as soon as some scientific school of thought convinces them that disaster is imminent. |
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| O'Toole's emphysematous cackle as his second son is murdered by his seventh convinces me I want to see the film, although I didn't like the novel. |
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| Abridged 7 CD'S. Certain she can't live without Hamre Bjorklund, the impetuous Sophie Knutson rejects her father's request to postpone her marriage until after graduation and convinces Hamre to elope. |
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| When he calls up the three witches or a deformed creature like Caliban he convinces us that if there were such beings they would so conduct themselves. |
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| Meanwhile, Belle convinces Will to skive off school so he can keep her company when she tries to pay Lisa a visit in prison. |
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| Before the thugs get to her, the mysterious Druid Naim convinces Miranda of the danger she is in, and together they flee Miranda's home in the middle of the night. |
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| The new jacket Frequency of Windprotection 3L DWR convinces with its light weight and its low RET value whilst remaining windproof at the same time. |
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| But Doog convinces Jeremy he's for real, along with other Toonies from Cartoon Land, with its yellow sky, two blue moons and bright red stars. |
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| The tow truck shows up and the driver convinces the victim to take the car to a dirty body shop. |
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| And it convinces me that the focus of Canadian monetary policy since the early 1990s on low and predictable inflation as an essential building block of a productive, well-functioning economy has been exactly right. |
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| In our last episode Betty, a once shy, little 12-yearold, uses her mind and charms her rival in her group and convinces her to unite, so that the group sings together as one choir. |
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| In this scenario, the buyer executes a contract for purchase and convinces seller to quitclaim the title to buyer prior to closing. |
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| Even if civil society effectively convinces governments that the use of nuclear weapons would violate international humanitarian law, it would not necessarily lead to immediate prohibition of possession. |
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| An effective campaign convinces its target audience that there is a solution to the problem you have identified that could remedy the problem that has touched them. |
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| The work duly astonishes and disturbs, but rarely seduces or convinces. |
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| The ziegler head mirror convinces with its quality at a competitive price. |
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| However, our experience in carrying out this examination convinces us that the role of these review bodies in the control and accountability framework is important. |
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| This also convinces me that a gene cannot be patented. |
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| The innovative Advantage 400, a new member of the Advantage family of full face and half masks, convinces through exceptional comfort and sophisticated design. |
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| It is Lewis' cold-eyed conviction which convinces me that the day of atonement is at hand. |
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| The combifit beverage carton convinces with its sturdy and concave shape, which not only accords logistical benefits but is also eye-catching thanks to its elegant appearance. |
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| Pierce Brosnan's volcanologist convinces Linda Hamilton's town mayor that Mother Nature's greatest fireworks display is imminent. |
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| Latell's reading of Fidel's life convinces him that the chief motivation for Fidel's entire political program is anti-Americanism, not Marxism-Leninism. |
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| Claudius convinces Laertes that Hamlet is solely responsible, but a letter soon arrives indicating that Hamlet has returned to Denmark, foiling Claudius's plan. |
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| His reaction convinces Claudius that Hamlet is not mad for love. |
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| When the fans' favourite driver Frankenstein dies, the crooked and sadistic prison warden convinces Ames to take his place, claiming he will be released if he is victorious. |
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| Nature has many tricks wherewith she convinces man of his finity. |
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