Sentence examples for plan has persuaded from inspiring English sources

(There is even progress on that front: a new, more affordable Wal-Mart health plan has persuaded half of its 1.4 million workers to sign up for coverage in 2008, up from 45percentt several years ago).

The amount of opposition to the plans has persuaded the DfT to hold a hearing before it rules on the bid.

He is so integral to Steve Cotterill's plans that the manager has persuaded his board not to sell the 25-year-old to Brighton for a healthy profit.

It has persuaded African countries to help.

But just a few hours later she learned that he had changed his plans; Knight had persuaded him to go to Las Vegas after all.

According to Alex Roever, who tracks short-term credit markets for JPMorgan Chase, the agreement in Brussels on the latest euro zone rescue plan has not persuaded money market funds to jump back into the European market.

Joe Meyer, manager of corporate benefits planning at Alltel, said he had persuaded its H.M.O.'s to shave a few percentage points from the proposed increases, cutting the average increases to 15percentt from 17percentt.

From the political one, showing willingness to fight could have persuaded the partitioning powers that their plan was too costly.

Chinese commanders hoped that they had persuaded president-elect Eisenhower to abandon any ambitious plans for a major offensive in 1953.

He claimed to have persuaded Thomas Wintour and Thomas Percy to postpone the explosion, and that he had planned to inform the king's secretary Thomas Lake of a "Puritan conspiracy".

Union leaders said they had persuaded the companies to contribute more toward health coverage than management had originally planned.