But how could you persuade wary bankers to invest in the third world?
He struggled to persuade people who lived alongside crocodilians to see them not as pests, but as friends.
Declaring himself "protector" of Peru, he spent a frustrating two years trying to persuade the country to liberate itself.
He lifted the latch, and I entered; but when I got to the parlour where Mr And Mrs Linton were, I could not persuade myself to proceed.
But under the scenario where having no house means having no spouse, it takes far more effort to persuade young people like Yang and Gong not to hide their money under the quilt.
He had already made a private attempt to persuade Tu Chu-chai to exert some pressure on his brother-in-law Wu Sun-fu "in the public interest," so that there would be at least some possibility of a rapprochement between the latter and Chao Po-tao.
Can I persuade you to think over our propose.
You can either persuade others to help you or be persuaded to help them.
"This so-called quiet diplomacy is hogwash," said the Archbishop of Bulawayo. "You can't persuade Mugabe to leave."
CH-Auto will have to persuade wealthy customers to plunk down a large sum on an unfamiliar brand — Qiantu — over Mr. Musk's recognizable models.
One study conducted in restaurants found that waiters were able to persuade many more customers to leave them a tip by simply giving them a mint just before they placed the bill on the table.
But I knew I should persuade you at last.
No matter how hard we tried to persuade him, he wouldn't listen.
A white priest had tried to persuade him to pray and he had thrown a cup of hot coffee into his face.
Get involved in a campaign to educate your peers on how the tobacco industry USES advertising, promotion and sponsorship to persuade you to smoke or use other forms of tobacco.
How can I persuade you of my sincerity?
The benefits of improving their soil should be enough to persuade some farmers to make and bury biochar.
The trick is to persuade them that their long-term interest, which coincides with that of the fish, trumps their short-term one, which is to extract the last minnow as quickly as possible.
University lecturers anxious to persuade should copy the didactic tricks of a Pentecostal preacher.
Therefore either let me go tothe hunt, or persuade me by reason that these things are better for medone as now they are.
You try and persuade her (to come out with us).
Brown could not have said anything more exquisitely designed to persuade his critics that he is living in a fantasy universe while ordinary people suffer and worry back here in the real one.
To beat Mr McCain in November, Mr Obama must persuade Americans that youth and intelligence trump age and experience.
We need to persuade other sectors and systems to make equity an explicit policy objective.
In the past, counselors could persuade card issuers to adjust interest rates and modify late fees, but the balance was untouchable.
To persuade or try to persuade by pleading or flattery; cajole.
She had taken this step as a final protest against Wu Sun-fu's refusal to let her go back home to the country after the memorial service for her late father. No one had been able to persuade her to leave her room, so they left her to her own devices.
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