Sentences with phrase «convincing us his intentions»

Luckily, the clenched - jaw Evans does an admirable job of convincing us his intentions are good.

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Hillary Clinton — who once lauded the deal as the «gold standard» of trade agreements — has spent months trying to convince nervous progressives that she has no intention of supporting the 14 - nation pact once she gets in office.

The trek also required «convincing people we were legit, had good intentions and we weren't a bunch of North Americans coming to screw them out of their money and their land, which unfortunately, is something they've experienced in the past,» adds MacCombie.

You might convince a naïve person to invest in a half - baked idea, but even if you have the best of intentions, it is just not ethical.

At its heart it's impossible to call any form of link building «low risk» since Google is always changing its algorithm to flag links that aren't natural and because inherent in «link building» is the intention to build links for the purpose of convincing Google that your website is more authoritative than it would naturally be without link building.

Where he is less than completely convincing, however, is in his analysis of Mendelssohn's basic intention and mode of operation.

Yet they were convinced that none of this was God's original intention.

The tone and mood in which lessons are delivered must be convincing, and the intention behind every lesson must be genuinely good.

Is it your intention to convince people that Christians are so deeply to blame, and so hypocritical, so false, so two - faced, so cheating, so lying, in short, such a bad reflection of the true Jesus, that Christianity should be discredited as a faith system?

The purpose rather is to call up Paul Ricoeur's reflection on why we pay attention when certain people speak and why we find what they say convincing: «The term testimony should be applied to words, works, actions, and to lives which attest to an intention, an inspiration, an idea at the heart of experience and history which nonetheless transcend experience and history.»

My intention here is not to debate, or to convince anyone that they're wrong and I'm right.

He was passionate, yes, well - intentioned, and he was a good speaker, very convincing indeed.

Hans Küng made clear that the intention was that it should be convincing and practical for all women and men of good will, religious and non-religious».30 The underlying principle, therefore, was that

Regarding his effort at altruism, we may be convinced by the genuineness of his moral and social intentions even while his acts are largely unacceptable in their results.

In the case of Harpur's theory (that Jesus didn't exist, and that deliberate efforts have been made to choose to make the myths interpreted literally), his evidence is not as convincing or as extensive as the evidence for Jesus having been a real person, on whom a certain religious and political systems have been formed and which have embellished, perverted, and developed certain aspects, with intentions both deliberate and unintentional.

I watched the film a hundred times and a hundred times convinced that young #AnakinSkywalker was guided only by good intentions in their actions.

i am not advocating for wenger to move on but perhaps it will take a new manager to convince the players to go out against the so called big teams with every intention of wining the game.

It's the same old story with AW and the board and always the cheaper option, despite the fact that we COULD actually challenge for trophies next season as other issues have now come into play, Wenger will say «well we would buy Suarez but he's not available, Benzema does not want to leave Real Madrid» ect ect ect, but these are always excuses after the event these players would move if the right offer was made we could have got Higain two seasons ago the attempts at getting Suarez were truly farcical AND Im not convinced that it wasn't done that way so as to make it look like we tried when really we had no intention of paying 40 million for him.

However, Klopp recently said that he had no intentions of buying a left - back in the summer saying he has faith in James Milner and Alberto Moreno — although we're not convinced.

An initial loan worth around $ 5 - 6m might be enough to convince the French giants to concede an option to buy instead of an obligation, as at that point they could be fairly certain of Inter's intentions of signing Pastore permanently (officially Inter can not complete operations with obligations to buy at the moment, because UEFA would not permit it given the Nerazzurri's current Financial Fair Play situation).

So while Frank Lampard makes a convincing case that none of them would have approach Roman with such a strange request, it is undeniable that a bunch of senior players with less than charitable intentions towards an unpopular Chelsea manager can certainly influence the pace of his dismissal by dropping their shoulders.

Sanchez had revealed his intention of exiting the team but Arsenal had hoped to convince him to remain.

Obama started, I think, with an intention to try to convince the Chinese that he was going to treat them as equals, that there was mutuality in the relationship that needed to be fostered, and that he was going to downplay the competitive elements in the relationship.

And if those intentions were previously announced, it's harder to convince people that they aren't seeing what it looks like they're seeing.

By finally making his intentions known, Johnson is going to find it difficult to deflect accusations that he is, in effect, casting a vote of no - confidence in the prime minister's chances of winning a convincing majority in 2015.

It would appear, therefore, that the demand for additional financial guarantees is more a ploy to convince the Romanian general public of the good intentions of Gabriel Resources — and thus persuade them that it should be allowed to start mining — than a trustworthy pledge for Rosia Montana's rehabilitation.

I remain to be convinced that the tax cut will actually change people's voting intentions, and would be fascinated to see any evidence to support the claim.

In two of the seats polled, Thanet South and Thurrock, UKIP were ahead in voting intentions, which will be enormous help for them in convincing voters they are a viable general election vote in the local area.

«He was disposed to it, but eventually, maybe some people convinced him that he couldn't trust me and my intentions.

Quigley, who had repeatedly denied he had any intention of running for countywide office, may have been convinced to change his mind last Friday.

«Soviet leaders may have become convinced that the US actually has intentions of military aggression in the near future,» warned an ad hoc committee of CIA, State Department, and military intelligence agency representatives.

But Makse and many other social scientists are convinced that it eventually will — if only they can figure out how to translate terabytes of data into human intentions.

But although such good intentions are widely welcomed, Nicholas Kurti, a specialist in energy at the university's engineering department, is convinced that the buses use the wrong technology.

It is not my intention to convince you, but rather, just like you said, to bring your attention to this issue.

At a certain point in my life, however, I had convinced myself that I had been loving unconditionally, with no judgment, and with the purest of intentions.

Therefore, while using this site is important to follow some common online dating safety rules, such as meeting members in well - populated areas, watching for warning signs in members that may indicate malicious intentions, and not giving out any personal information to any member until you are totally convinced they are someone you want to date.

The rebound girl exhibited the following: — an inability to not compare me to previous relationships — identified differences between our (brief) relationship and good parts of her past relationship as flaws — required more convincing of my sincerity / intentions — had high expectations of me — had a tendency to over think things (not sure if this was a rebound thing or just her personality)

The argument could be made, really, that he's unsympathetic from his first scene, although the movie does a good job convincing us that Connie has the best intentions at heart, even though it doesn't have him state his motives at all.

In 1977 they convince an arrogant and glory - seeking rich guy named Gertz (Michael Smiley) to fund an experiment with a premise that boils down to their intention of settling the nature vs. nurture debate once and for all.

The majority of the second act is dominated by these one - on - one conversations between Ava and Caleb, and they have a natural chemistry that is always tinged with a dash of unease, and as Caleb discovers more about Nathan's true intentions, the subtleties of their relationship evolves in a convincing way.

It's enhanced by convincing chemistry with co-star William Moseley who plays a potential love interest and a charming turn by Nathan Lane as her well - intentioned therapist.

Ford Escape Trend AWD 2.0 - litre EcoBoost When reincarnating its Escape SUV, Ford's intention must surely have been to convince at least some buyers this was something other than a made - over Kuga.

Personally I think that Oprah caused a huge impact in Kindle interest and intention to buy, and that the coupon really helps cement the purchase decision as well as convince some people who were on the fence.

His equilibrium is further worsened by Martine, a one - eyed new resident who has romantic intentions and convinces him to go off his meds to feel «normal» again.

It may be that several purposes exist, but convincing the lenders that the intentions are constructive is a big help toward getting loan approval.

And as a PC gamer I am not convinced by MSs intentions and their store isnt up to scratch either.

She is convinced the author «usurped» her intentions and the wrote the thing before she had the chance to.

This exhibition is convincing, clearly intentioned, yet subdued.

But Sherman's intention is never to create a convincing illusion; she combines familiar elements into new constellations to disarm obvious interpretations.

And «intentions» are all well and good but I think these works are the least convincing kind of paintings he has made.