Sentence examples for it persuaded from inspiring English sources

It persuaded its workers, and their union IG Metall, to accept a week of up to 40 hours, with no extra pay, to avoid the relocation of Siemens's mobile-phone production to Hungary.

In 2000, it persuaded Pfizer to build its global research centre there.

Though it persuaded the United Auto Workers (UAW), its leading union, to accept reduced health-care benefits for workers, the union seems reluctant to consider more cuts.

It persuaded the government and its minions in the Egyptian Football Association EFAA) to continue to keep stadia closed.

In its combination of objectivity and empathy, it persuaded Americans of all colors that he understood them.

It persuaded the Philippines to withdraw its warship and replace it with a civilian coastguard vessel, perhaps with a view to keeping the Chinese navy on the sidelines.

China claims that its help comes with no strings attached, and so far there has been only one recorded instance of China exploiting its economic presence for political ends (it persuaded Cambodia to return 20 Uighur asylum-seekers in 2009).

It persuaded him that the tiger, with its "soft, smooth, catlike" movements was "the most beautiful creature of all".

And it persuaded all religious types to bond together.

But perhaps it persuaded some that she at least understood their anxieties.

It persuaded Doncaster magistrates to find him guilty of sending "a message of a menacing character".