Sentence examples for persuaded around from inspiring English sources

It was the lowest turnout yet for any London borough mayor vote held on a day when there were no other big elections on in the same place: inaugural elections to such posts held back in 2002 in Newham, Tower Hamlets and Hackney itself persuaded around 25% of voters make the effort while 37.7% turned out for last June's re-run of the voided 2014 Tower Hamlets mayoral poll.

The leader of the Youth of the Progress Party, Lars Erik Grønntun, had been on the verge of stepping down, but was persuaded around the end of 1993 to run for re-election.

Persuading consumers to carry around a fob that generates passwords has been tricky, because consumers didn't see why they should pay $5 to $50 for a little device they would need with them at all times.

"Unless we see tangible, serious, active reach-out, we will not be persuaded to spin around empty gestures," the associate said, asking to remain anonymous upon Mr. Rouhani's request.

However, the interviewer Don Dahler remained persistent and that's when Gronkowski had enough, opting to walk off before he was persuaded to stick around with the help of some light-hearted jabs from the rest of the family.

We know that these drugs are of benefit because more than 20 years ago, a group of Oxford statisticians persuaded researchers around the world to pool data from their breast-cancer trials.

Mr. Chalfant, who last saw him about a month before his death, said that one of the most striking things about Rammellzee was how he persuaded those around him to participate in the world he had built, one in which he had sprung forth fully formed.

Lucas is persuaded that around the turn of the century young filmmakers will be able to make decent-quality movies for a few thousand dollars each.

I shall miss him but I shall remember him as someone who reached for the stars and persuaded those around him that they could, too.

Still, my look of terror persuaded him to turn around.

Ms. Burnett persuaded him to stick around for another interview.