Sentence examples for persuaded to commit from inspiring English sources

It is a mistake, however, to believe that people can be persuaded to commit crimes against humanity by a short-term exposure to the rhetoric of hate.

Nor would the defence have applied if she had been persuaded to commit the offence out of love for, or loyalty to, her husband.

But as the security situation has deteriorated, the notion that more European countries might be persuaded to commit troops to Iraq perhaps under NATO or the UN has lost plausibility.

Major retailers of electricity like Consolidated Edison must be persuaded to commit to longer-term contracts, thus ensuring a future revenue stream for the producers and transmitters of power.

Nor should we restrict ourselves to studying the state apparatus needed to sustain acts of mass murder, such as the Holocaust.The deepest conundrum is what makes groups of people, defined by religion, class, race or any other attribute, so vulnerable to political manipulation that they can be easily persuaded to commit diabolical acts against other groups.

The French Rugby Federation has been obstructive towards the new tournament, saying among other things that it would flout French law, and the RaboDirect unions have been waiting to see whether the Top 14 clubs will be persuaded to commit to ERC.

He made a film noir that he adapted from a novel by Patricia Highsmith, featuring Dennis Hopper as the criminal mastermind Ripley and the German actor Bruno Ganz as the picture framer Jonathan Zimmermann, whom Ripley persuades to commit a contract murder.

The Truman administration, backed by eastern Republicans and Eisenhower himself, persuaded Congress to commit four additional divisions to Europe.

Marshall, who won 15 medals in her own international career, persuaded Peaty to commit to the breaststroke.

Riyadh has persuaded Senegal to commit 2,100 troops, but Pakistan, Sudan and Egypt – no doubt at financial cost – have all declined Saudi invitations to send their soldiers into harm's way.

The government persuaded Nissan to commit more investment for its plant in Sunderland but there are fears that jobs could be lost at Vauxhall's factories in Ellesmere Port and Luton if PSA Group, the owner of Peugeot, completes a deal to buy General Motors' European business, which includes Vauxhall and Opel.