Sentence examples for persuasions from inspiring English sources

For his Islamic predecessors it is, of course, Muhammad who plays this operative role as the virtuous lawgiving prophet able to lead a community to virtue through the creative imagery and persuasions of religion through the imaginative and rhetorically persuasive imageries of the Quran.

Ukraine was a modern Prometheus, chained to the ground, while vultures of all geopolitical persuasions companionably pecked at its liver.

When the English Defence League march against Muslims, I may well point to an atmosphere of anti-Muslim prejudice sadly fuelled by people of all political persuasions, but I do not portray them as representatives of the entire British right.

The communications minister, Malcolm Turnbull, has defended the ABC against accusations of leftist bias, saying the publicly-funded broadcaster holds politicians of all persuasions to account.

We also defend certain values - our freedom, our ability to respect people of different faiths and persuasions, different races and creeds, our ability to fight for a sense of justice," Mr Blair said.

The pension proposals survived, prospered and were extended because of a rule which applies to governments of all persuasions.

On a day when extremist groups of varying persuasions were descending on Luton, his words were open to misinterpretation at best, and at worst were potentially inflammatory.

And the concomitant widespread belief that the scientific consensus on climate change is some form of conspiracy or hoax.The thing is, whlle it makes sense that character types correlate with political persuasions, it doesn't make sense to attribute specific political beliefs to character types.

In the wake of Wilson's populist assault on class, politicians of all persuasions rushed to embrace the new classless Britain.

And Sri Lankans of all persuasions are now willing to accept international mediation, a prerequisite for a negotiated solution.

After Mr Qadri's arrest, Barelvis marched in their thousands, along with co-religionists of other sects, parties and persuasions, shouting "death to blasphemers".