Sentence examples for progress persuaded from inspiring English sources

The fact that it was being presented by someone whose very candidacy seemed to embody the idea that the United States was making progress, persuaded many voters (and commentators) to overlook its utopian aspect.

With the help of Lt. Gov. Richard Ravitch, he has made progress persuading newspaper editorial boards and Assembly leaders that bold action is needed.

So far, Multibrás has made the most progress persuading consumers to trade in old refrigerators, which can be replaced by models that offer energy savings of as much as 30percentt.

Rodeo Drive's high-fashion boutiques are making fast progress persuading California lawmakers to let them keep selling luxury goods made from alligator skin, including purses, wallets, boots, shoes and watch bands.

The enormous challenge, Mr. Brahimi said, was not new, and his frustration at failing to achieve any progress there persuaded him to quit in 1999 after two years as special United Nations representative.

But London has not made any progress in persuading its partners to change the voting system to preserve its influence.

Despite repeated pledges by President Obama, he has made no progress on persuading Congress to take up an overhaul.

But today's vote showed that Republicans had made no progress in persuading any other Democrats to break ranks.

He started a "strategic economic dialogue" with China, but made little progress in persuading China to let its currency rise.

There has been some recent progress in persuading governments to develop national hepatitis strategies, andadopting the 2010 WHO resolution.

The westerners claimed they had made progress in persuading ASEAN to take responsibility for changing the behaviour of a member's government.