Sentence examples for working on persuading from inspiring English sources

Alfred's lover, Lisa, who also is working on persuading Zinbanti to come, leaves him to go back to her husband.

Ms. Barnes and Ms. Andela are still working on persuading him to attend school regularly, but he is no longer roaming the streets.

Afghan security officials and an adviser to the Afghan government working on persuading members of the Taliban to reconcile with the government have also said that ISI agents are known to sit in on the Quetta shura meetings as observers.

He and Mr. Qumu remain friends, Mr. Hasadi said, and he was working on persuading Mr. Qumu to trust in democracy and lay down his weapons, or at least take down the jihadi flag over his compound.

The S.E.C. added that it was still working on persuading a judge to force Mr. Kumar and Mr. Richards to return bonuses they received but did not earn and to pay hefty civil penalties.

The DEA is tightlipped about the investigation into the Sacramento deaths as its agents work on persuading Dossman to lead them to her suppliers.

When I went to work on persuading my pet-phobic husband to admit cats into our household, I had in mind the sense of unity an animal can bring to a family.

In the medium term, Cameron will work on persuading the EU to rethink the billions it pours into northern Africa, and whether more could be spent to harness democracy and trade, in the same way as EU money worked earlier to democratise eastern Europe.

The American Legacy Foundation in Washington, which sponsors the "Truth" smoking-prevention campaigns aimed at teenagers, said yesterday that it had completed a required review for the creative part of its account by rehiring the incumbent team and adding a third agency to work on persuading young smokers to quit.

Then the governments went to work on persuading their citizenry.

Britain's foreign secretary, William Hague, told the House of Commons that "no option is off the table" concerning Iran penalties and that he would work on persuading Russia and China to view Iran more critically.