11.   The experience convinced her that it would be better for society to discourage drug use.

12.   The experience convinced him that the cleaning was not destructive to the ceiling, as some critics had argued.

13.   The story goes that Cho nearly died of tuberculosis as a young man, church officials say, and the experience convinced him to devote his life to God.

14.   Their experience at Whitehead convinced them that a center of similar size and scope could make big strides in neurosciences.

15.   Those early experiences convinced the biologists that the birds needed more help in the wild, so they began teaching them survival skills.

16.   He said his NFL experience had convinced him that baseball players were right to oppose a salary cap.