Sentence examples for unable to convince a from inspiring English sources

But polls indicate that he has been unable to convince a large percentage of the population that he was unaware of the activities at a time when he served as Mr. Chrétien's finance minister.

Mr Blair and Mr Straw tried to secure this second resolution early in 2003 in the run-up to the war but were unable to convince a sceptical security council.

In DORCHESTER TERRACE (Ballantine, $26), rumors are flying about a plot to kill a visiting Austrian duke, and it's up to Thomas, as the new head of Special Branch, to thwart the assassins — though he's unable to convince a high-placed minister in the Foreign Office that the threat is serious.

Graham Allison, a Harvard professor of government who specializes in international security, called Mr. Barak's statement "kind of a convenient excuse," adding that "the reason they really blinked" was that the prime minister was unable to convince a majority of his cabinet of the wisdom of acting alone.

The Nasdaq stock market delisted Lechters Inc., a national chain of housewares stores based in Harrison, N.J., because the company was unable to convince a two-member panel of investment industry professionals that it would be able to raise its stock price above $1, market officials said yesterday.

Goldman's chief executive, Lloyd Blankfein, was unable to convince a congressional panel investigating the causes of the financial crisis on this point earlier this month.

Being neither a computer science graduate nor an electrical engineer, I was unable to convince any potential employer in this sector that I had the ability and experience to join their team.

But the judge found that the niche operating systems Microsoft cited have been unable to convince more than a handful of software companies to write programs for their systems -- a fact, the judge noted, that allows Microsoft to maintain its dominance.

After its controversial IPO, Mark Zuckerberg has been unable to convince investors of a brighter future.

This involvement was sought when the patient flow specialist was unable to convince those requesting a bed that the proposed ICU admission would be unsafe.

Patton traveled to Paducah and met with Leeper, but was unable to convince him to remain a Democrat.