The old man is persuaded against pressing charges.
Chancellor Gordon Brown was persuaded, against his instincts, to agree to "hypothecation" – earmarking certain taxes specifically for schools and hospitals.
And so Bonnie is persuaded, against her persistently objecting better nature, to take Professor Heflin's pills.
Last month, during the Republican debate in Arizona, Santorum was persuaded — against the pleas of his advisers, no doubt — to speak about the state of the American family.
In defence of his department from the first cuts imposed by Roy Jenkins as chancellor, he came close to resignation, but was persuaded against it.
Sir David Attenborough has said that he is not optimistic about the future and that people should be persuaded against having large families.
Even Marion, who is by nature sceptical and conservative, is persuaded against her better instincts by the charismatic and self-promoting Sandy to agree to a publicity drive.
Many of them remembered being persuaded against their better judgment to support Mr. Blair on Iraq and, now in opposition, were in no mood to do Mr. Cameron a similar favor.
Syed's appeal, however,was granted earlier this year after his attorney filed a vital supplement claiming that a key alibi witness, Asia McLain, had been persuaded against testifying by the prosecutor in the case.
In 1994 in Edinburgh he was persuaded against his better judgment to put an incomplete piece of work into a main theatre instead of a workshop production – the first night overran by more than two hours.
