Sentence examples for convinced a number from inspiring English sources

Mr. Kulivan convinced a number of skeptics that his sighting was credible.

Balthus has also convinced a number of journalists that he descends from the Romanovs and, through Stanislaw, the last King of Poland, from the royal Polish family of Poniatowski.

The misfortunes of the right, coupled with the emergence of new evangelical leaders, have convinced a number of observers, notably E. J. Dionne, Jr., of the Washington Post, that the era of the religious right is over.

"I personally convinced a number of extraordinary women to step forward, as well as a number of extraordinary men, at a time when politics can be very very divisive.

And that knowledge gap convinced a number of Amelia-philes — including Ted Waitt, the co-founder of the computer maker Gateway — that there were enough complications behind the legend to make for a motion picture.

Whatever the reason for his absence, Mr. Mubarak is convinced, a number of officials said, that he "saved" the Arab meeting by advising Yasir Arafat not to leave the West Bank to attend, since Mr. Sharon would most likely have seized on any act of Palestinian violence to refuse Mr. Arafat's return.

He succeeded in convincing a number of both American and Japanese friends of the importance of his undertaking.

It seems to me that the government has managed to convince a number of otherwise intelligent people that WikiLeaks is genuinely reckless.

The result shows the shopping centre giant was able to convince a number of WRT investors who voted against the restructure in an abandoned poll last month.

They also need to convince a number of partners about the credibility of its program, a very real obstacle for radicals.

Through the power of suggestion, he recently managed to convince a number of people that the woman who had shot J.R. in the television series "Dallas" was present in the room.