Sentence examples for the process of persuading from inspiring English sources

More importantly, the process of persuading rather than expounding helped the nation understand that the issues that divide us are complicated and difficult – filled with greys, and exceptions, and inconsistencies.

The process of persuading the banks, insurance companies and pension funds holding Greek debt to remain exposed after redeeming their loans is also an exacting task which could take weeks without any certainty of success.

The process of persuading horses to forget life in the fast lane and instead develop stamina, jumping ability and a little common sense is a slow one, according to timber trainer Alicia Murphy.

"These papers document a pivotal moment in modern history – the point at which an alarmed Thatcher government realised that the cold war had to be brought to an end and began the process of persuading its American allies likewise," he said.

It is, for example, in the process of persuading six countries to participate in a new vaccine-purchasing scheme that the WHO has been peddling for years without success and persuading other, richer, countries to finance it.In addition to its financial and political advantages, the Bank's attitude to health issues is harder edged.

"I have never done anything like this before – but it feels like the right time and now I am doing it," said the singer, who has sold 70 million records and admitted that the process of persuading singers to join her team had brought out her competitive spirit.

"He can control a game without shooting a single shot if he wanted to," Lakers Coach Mike Brown said of the 7-foot Bynum, suggesting the continuing process of persuading the player he once pulled from a game for taking a 3-pointer to think about blocking more shots.

The persistent lack of guilt over online copying suggests that the record industry's antipiracy campaign, billed as a last-ditch effort to reverse a protracted sales slump, is only the beginning of the difficult process of persuading large numbers of people to buy music again.

Despite arriving in Iceland when antipathy towards the United Kingdom was at its most acute at the height of the Cod Wars - a bitter dispute over fishing rights  which escalated several times to the brink of all-out naval conflict - Knapp made a home and a reputation for himself in the North Atlantic and began the long process of persuading players they could compete at international level.

David Cameron has begun the delicate process of persuading sceptical Labour MPs to back airstrikes in Syria, saying the UK was already facing the threat of mass casualties from Isis and arguing that Britain could not outsource its security to allies.

Many of them pursued the now discredited tactic of collaborating with the colonial authorities, yet their work laid the foundation for the long and often turbulent process of persuading the British that the conqueror's role could not be sustained in the long term.Imperialism came to exert a profound influence on London's culture and literature, too.