It's hard to persuade Jonathan.

Tom tried his hardest to persuade Mary.

I tried in vain to persuade them.

Failing to persuade him, they decamped to mainland China.

I managed to persuade my cousin into accepting my plan.

Naked self interest should persuade the advanced countries as well.

The panel s findings should help to persuade them to do so.

We were told to persuade them to enter the Provisional Institutions.

Efforts had also been made to persuade Parliament to strengthen the Act.

No one may compel or persuade a woman to undergo artificial insemination.

South Korea is trying to persuade the North to make this strategic decision.

Her testimony helped persuade Congress to commit more development aid to maternal health.

I tried to persuade my mother to permit my circumcision, but she refused.

My Tea Party lunchmate and I came up with these don't persuade, defend or interrupt.

Indeed, official rhetoric has turned once again to trying to persuade markets to ignore reality.

But it will be much more difficult to persuade China that it should stand down.

Austria tried to persuade the Italian government to accept Venetia in exchange for non intervention.

The term Cyber Monday was created by marketing companies to persuade people to shop online.

And if this come to the governor's ears, we will persuade him, and secure you.

Efforts to persuade UDPS leaders to join the electoral process have thus far been unsuccessful.

Nothing less will persuade investors to go near debt issues from the eurozone s fiscally challenged members.

Should Mousavi persuade Khamenei to reconsider his position, the Supreme Leader s hold on power will be shaken.

The challenge for Egyptian leaders is to persuade Hamas to settle on lesser terms without further fighting.

Some degree of investment will add to demand, which may persuade others to invest a virtuous circle.

Good econometric studies examine secondary effects to persuade readers that the main effect is what it is.

In long conversations on Facebook I tried to persuade him to leave Aleppo and come to Turkey.

If this comes to the governor's ears, we will persuade him and make you free of worry.

And by this we know that we are of the truth, and persuade our hearts before him,

And there came forth a spirit, and stood before the LORD, and said, I will persuade him.

That will not change until a new consciousness emerges worldwide to persuade states to support binding international law.

In fact, Serbia s government is already trying to persuade the West to postpone a decision until mid 2007.

American diplomats are never going to persuade the UN Security Council to impose sanctions on Iran s energy exports.

The first purpose is, of course, to persuade the country in question to come around to others views.

Germany s European partners, especially France, must persuade it to re engage with Europe and assume responsibility for European integration.

In 1857, English nurse Florence Nightingale used information graphics to persuade Queen Victoria to improve conditions in military hospitals.

They replied , We shall try to persuade his father to send him with us . We shall do our utmost !

They replied , We shall try to persuade his father to send him with us . We shall do our utmost !

They may be applied to signal concern over import surges and to persuade trading partners to reduce export growth.

Scipio managed to persuade the senators that his plan was the perfect way to force the Carthaginians out of Italy.

The new prime minister will need to persuade Germany, financial markets, and the European Council that Italy is a reliable partner.

Russia has tried for years to get away from Cold War thinking and to persuade our partners to drop their stereotypes.

The Chinese can t force Kim to disarm fully, but they can persuade him to negotiate with a now more flexible US.

The international community's goal must be to persuade neighboring countries to halt their brazen, unwarranted attacks on parts of Syrian society.

Police had, in fact, closed them to try to persuade the spectators to calm down and go back to their seats.

Fearing punishment for illegally trying to persuade people, both journalists and scholars avoided discussing the draft constitution publicly in significant detail.