Sentence examples for was designed to persuade from inspiring English sources

The stone was designed to persuade the public that Miliband was serious about delivering on his promises in government.

Welfare reform was designed to persuade unemployed people receiving benefit to find jobs and earn a living.

The first trust, Standard Oil's, established in 1882, was designed to persuade his rivals to give up control of their companies in return for a guaranteed income and an easy life.

The Ed Stone, an 8ft 6in, two-tonne slab of limestone, with Labour's six key election pledges carved into its surface, was designed to persuade the public that Miliband was serious about delivering on his promises in government.

The speech was designed to persuade wavering Scots that the rest of the UK desperately wants them to remain in the union, and regards their contribution as integral to "Brand Britain".

Silberfein's affidavit, which was first reported in The New York Post, was designed to persuade the state Appellate Division to expedite the appeal of a lawsuit filed by Brooklyn community groups and dismissed earlier this month by a Supreme Court justice in Manhattan.

Early withdrawals are designed to persuade low-income families to participate.

Others studies, by companies, are designed to persuade doctors to use their drugs.

This is designed to persuade voters that his inexperience would not lead him to reckless action.

Her ongoing hunger strike is designed to persuade the British government to give her a ticket to the April wedding of "Príncipe Guillermo" and Kate Middleton.

The highly symbolic move on child benefit is designed to persuade voters that Labour could be as tough as the Tories in making sensitive cuts.