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181. How do you persuade the research council or the science supremo of an industrial research outfit to fund your brilliant new ideas?

182. Fewer than 200 people took part in the trial, despite efforts to persuade more homeowners to get involved.

183. If you try and bully him into giving you the money he's sure to say no -- you should try and persuade him gently.

184. He had failed miserably in an attempt to persuade a Goan shopkeeper to buy a shipment of canned milk.

185. Toymaker Mattel is getting ready to play hardball in an effort to persuade Hasbro to reconsider a merger.

186. How can I persuade my tomboy daughter to wear feminine clothes?

187. But it is hard to persuade voters that you have managerial skills if you have been out of office for 11 years.

188. We may convince others by our arguements, but we can only persuade them by their own. Joseph Joubert 

189. It's hopeless to try to persuade him while he's in this mood. Let's talk to him tomorrow.

190. Payment for councillors might also persuade more working-class representatives to come forward.

191. The goal of promoting conformity with the treaty might be sufficient to persuade the parties to use the device.

192. She dearly wanted to see her family and persuade them to forget the ill-feeling that had split the Corosini apart.

193. Mr Forbes will also have to persuade wary social conservatives[Sentencedict.com], especially pro-lifers.

194. April 23-24 Baker fails in his attempt to persuade Assad to moderate his position during talks in Damascus.

195. They too would be trying to persuade, sell, cajole their fellow officers.

196. Baxter said it will hold a conference call this morning to persuade Wall Street that it has the better offer.

197. Three, you went all out to persuade me to call Sandy to break the news about Ed's murder.

198. Chester was still trying to persuade the Committee that there was no urgency about reducing sulphur emissions.

199. We've been trying to persuade Jack's elderly mother to come and live with us.

200. Mr Mullin said that any attempt to persuade clubs to end discrimination by blocking their entitlement to rates relief was illegal.

201. Governors tried unsuccessfully last year to persuade Congress to convert Medicaid into a block grant, as Congress did on welfare.

202. Eye on People is struggling to persuade cable operators to carry it.

203. Whether it can persuade the Government to dig in its heels over this issue looks very uncertain.

204. But the same ability to inspire and persuade through empathy and trust can be and should be present in all organizations.

205. It's the kind of message that just might, during the season of goodwill, persuade drivers not to drink.

206. In an effort to persuade cells to respond, even more insulin is released.

207. Above all, he should persuade Britain that he can champion ideas.

208. Now underspending of ￡2000 million on this year's planned public expenditure may persuade ministers to dive into the metals market.

209. The bigwigs attempt to persuade him, using a variety of arguments, that he is making the mistake of his life.

210. Colonel Calderon tried to dispel their fears and to persuade them that no attempt on their lives was contemplated.