He said: "We were persuaded of the benefits of having not two operations but just one running out of Paddington".
Moreover, many clients, having been persuaded of the benefits of diversification in recent years, had bought alternative assets, such as hedge funds and private equity, which supposedly offered absolute (positive) returns uncorrelated with the stockmarket.
The spokesman accused "unscrupulous elements" of having persuaded them to defect.
A secret army unit is accused of having persuaded one of its agents within loyalism to target the father of 11 to protect its high-ranking IRA source.
The virtue of gay equality has become increasingly recognized in the U.S. because people have been persuaded of its merits, not because state officials, acting like Inquisitors, forced people to accept it by punishing them for their refusal.
They have been persuaded of the business case for diversity.
And Italians are not the only ones who have been persuaded of Mr Renzi's abilities.
The public has been persuaded of the need for cuts, but they are worried.
I think I have been persuaded of the case for this.
In the face of extensive evidence, though, much of the public has been persuaded of Mr. Chen's guilt.
