Sentence examples for persuade the task from inspiring English sources

Last week the Bush administration announced that a senior Treasury Department official, Daniel L. Glaser, had attended a meeting of the group in Paris along with representatives from Iran, who were trying to persuade the task force that Iran would correct the shortcomings in its banking system.

As the U.N thus demonstrates its nation-building usefulness, the U.S. will face its own delicate task: to persuade the Kurds in the north not to demand so much autonomy that it may endanger the nation's unity.

But Mr Sanusi's other task is to persuade the remaining healthy banks to start lending again.

Mr. Eagleburger's task was to persuade the Israelis under Prime Minister Yitzhak Shamir to stay out of the fight, even though Iraqi Scud missiles were landing in Israel.

Mr Santos's task is to persuade the FARC to choose pragmatism over pride.After half a century, Colombia's conflict is winding down.

And now the principal task is to persuade the host language to take in and welcome the "thing" that is waiting to be articulated.

His most urgent task is to persuade the nuclear-armed neighbors to pull back their armies to reduce the risk of war.

Secretary Powell has the unenviable task of seeking to persuade the leaders of the region to take painful but necessary steps.

His hardest task, however, is to persuade the Chechen people that they have more to gain by accepting Russian control over their republic and putting down their guns.

That mild shift rightwards should make the task of persuading the one nation Tories easier.

That same developer was given the task of persuading the Republican city leaders to grant Mr. Smith the permission he needed to appear on their primary ballot.