Sentence examples for for having persuaded from inspiring English sources

On the other hand, Dr S contributes an authoritative preface to the book in which he apologises "for having persuaded my patient to write his autobiography".

Last fall the campaign took credit for having persuaded Scholastic to discontinue selling picture books based on the overtly sexy Bratz dolls in any of its school book clubs or fairs this school year.

I was mesmerized by his story of how he and Bud made the movie, The Night They Raided Minsky's, for Irv Levin's National General Corp., having persuaded Mayor Lindsey not to tear down the abandoned streets chosen for their shoot.

Littlejohn has form for securing high-profile guests, having persuaded the former US president Bill Clinton to attend the awards previously.

He saw that the first chapter (about the aftermath of the bomb) could be dropped, fought for the book, and then, having persuaded Golding to cut and rewrite, steered it through to publication.

After having persuaded them for over two hours, Birubala shared her story.

Littlefinger was responsible for Arryn's death, having persuaded Jon's wife, Lysa, to poison him, so that they could marry.

She said Maine's experience with insurance exchanges to create more flexibility for consumers had persuaded her that for less-populated states, the exchanges had to extend beyond state borders.

Anti-Slavery International, for example, has persuaded director Steve McQueen to become one of its formal ambassadors.

European bicycle producers, for example, have persuaded the EU to impose tariffs on Chinese imports, accusing the Chinese of dumping.

(Barcelona's cab drivers, for instance, have persuaded the regional government to tell Uber to cease its operations here).