Sentence examples for consider persuading from inspiring English sources

They first consider persuading the plumber to destroy the invoice before settling on a plan in which Mr. Stevens is to write a check to reimburse Mr. Allen, not to be cashed but to be kept in the records to suggest to investigators that Mr. Stevens had paid the bill.

Compromises that might be considered to persuade MPs and peers to vote for it include slowly phasing out the current life peers when they die or retire.

The perception of American evenhandedness is considered essential to persuading the militant groups to agree to a cease-fire.

A group of conservative leaders met with Rick Santorum on Thursday to consider how to persuade Newt Gingrich to drop out of the Republican presidential nominating contest.

The development of a nationwide network of Community Learning Champions (CLCs) is considered crucial to persuading some of the most disadvantaged and underachieving adults to return to learning in order to enhance their lives.

And when Congress takes up reauthorization of the Higher Education Act later this year, it is expected to consider how to persuade or compel colleges and universities to create what Education Secretary Margaret Spellings calls "common language and metrics" about their performance that will give prospective students and their families better tools for deciding where to invest in their education.

Even now, I gather, people are being persuaded to consider retirement at the end of the next Parliament.

He may yet be persuaded to consider a couple of years of comfortable cohabitation with his former army subordinate, Mr Barak.

He promised renewed efforts to limit tax evasion, saying that the government would consider prison sentences to persuade tax cheats to pay what they owe.

Baltimore and Philadelphia were possible alternatives before Davies was persuaded to consider Glasgow, whose status as a leading merchant city was reflected in its Victorian architecture.

The analysis can also help establish the return on investment to a new advertising campaign by showing what proportion of beer-buyers can be persuaded to consider rival brands.