Sentence examples for not only persuade from inspiring English sources

If he is to win this time, he must not only persuade black voters, around 30% of the electorate and overwhelmingly Democratic, to turn out, but he must win some Republican votes too.

In the meantime, he must not only persuade staff to work for no pay but also keep the holding company's major creditors – Aviva Investments and Barclays – on side while the complex deal is negotiated.

But to get any of them off the ground they must not only persuade the NRC of the safety of their designs, but also convince potential creditors that there will be no repeat of the financial meltdowns of the 1970s and 1980s.

To prosper in the new niche, Japanese companies must not only persuade consumers to shell out for a whole new set of appliances, they will also have to hold their own against the same cheaper Asian rivals that stole their thunder in leisure electronics.

But officials say they believe that when completed, the 20.5-mile system will not only persuade commuters to leave their cars at home, relieving clogged roads and easing polluted air, but will also spur redevelopment in places that have missed out on the region's economic boom.

Then the realisation: If Marblar were ever going to really fulfil its mission, it needed to not only persuade IP holders to post their discoveries on the site, but also to find commercial partners with a proven track record of bringing new technologies and products to market who would buy into its collaborative model to help find the next breakthrough product.

The government has not only persuaded Microsoft and Google to establish research centres in China.

"They were not only persuaded but almost as supportive as liberals when they perceived the environment as a moral issue".

He said that Mr. Wallace had not only persuaded Jack Ruby to recruit Lee Harvey Oswald, but that Mr. Wallace had also fired a shot in Dallas that hit the president.

Mr. Frost not only persuaded Mr. Nixon to end a self-imposed silence, he also extracted an apology from the former president to the American people.

It not only persuaded blacks that the Republican Party was inhospitable to them, but it, in effect, welcomed racists to the GOP fold.