Sentence examples for persuade rather from inspiring English sources

But her "Let's Move!" campaign has generally had a light touch, trying to persuade rather than regulate.

It would, if Hou's anti-capitalist posturing were meant to persuade rather than to serve as parochial boilerplate that bothers no one.

Mr. Hogan prefers to persuade rather than to crack down on lax towns and villages; penalties are light as long as a good faith effort is shown.

She had an amazing ability to connect complex environmental issues with their impact on ordinary lives, enabling her to persuade rather than force people to join her movement.

Özil is something else, a high-spec moving part and a player who looks to persuade rather than wrench the game his way.

That's why, in the end, the most effective leaders find a way to mix some patience with their Patton, to persuade rather than intimidate, to convince people that their goals are the same as the boss's.

Does he mean that people were persuaded, rather than forced, to submit to power?

For the domestic audience, officials are still struggling with the concept of persuading rather than declaiming.

It was the image of a musician at work -- typically rehearsing and persuading rather than performing, casual rather than formal, engaged rather than passive.

Representative Donald M. Payne, a New Jersey Democrat on the House International Relations Committee, told Secretary of State Colin L. Powell at a hearing today that France and Germany should be persuaded rather than criticized.

Underlying it and the old kind alike he detects a basic and seemingly universal human preference for being persuaded rather than coerced.Mr Dunn does recognise the distorting influence of money and special interests.