Sentence examples for ongoing effort to persuade from inspiring English sources

Harvey Weinstein has unveiled the latest James Bond-themed clip in his ongoing effort to persuade US censors to hand Oscar-tipped drama Philomena a less restrictive rating.

It's part of an ongoing effort to persuade federal policymakers that making a bigger investment in graduate education will create more jobs and strengthen the economy.

The Lakers made no effort to persuade him to stay.

Mr. Fiorini said state officials in Connecticut made little effort to persuade him to stay.

But he was hindered in his effort to persuade other governments to keep stimulating their economies.

It took considerable effort to persuade and mobilize the international community to impose crippling sanctions.

But the effort to persuade young Jews to persuade their reluctant grandparents to vote for Senator Barack Obama is completely serious.

The admiral made a last effort to persuade the king to accept France's demands.

Instead, Galbraith met Babić in Belgrade in an effort to persuade him to accept the plan.

Invested political capital in effort to persuade others.

Very few women declined to take the survey and we made no effort to persuade them to do so.