He went on to present the new design to British Rail and persuade them to adopt it.

-Yet you have been going out of your way to persuade me to adopt the former alternative.

Apparently he persuaded them to adopt a more flexible view of Brazilian difficulties, according to economic officials.

Those intellectuals didn't persuade Americans to adopt their policies, but they had more impact overseas.

The problem is persuading them to adopt the system in the first place.

And then will he or she use that support in a concerted effort to persuade Congress to adopt those changes?

The other alternative of telling her part of the truth only was before me, if I could persuade myself to adopt it.

Opponents of cloning have failed to persuade the Senate to adopt a similar measure.

He has so far been unable to persuade the two sides to adopt his ceasefire plan.

The next obstacle is to persuade anglers to adopt the new material.