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We're going to go through several parts of it because what I'm going to point out right now is, how did Paul try to convince them?

This technique is often implemented during wartime to convince people of the need for sacrifices or to justify difficult decisions.

The Arab League has been trying to convince the Syrian government to ease its violent crackdown on an uprising by demonstrators.

Merlin must convince Arthur of his true identity, before Morgana can retrieve Excalibur and allow the Dark Forces to take over the world.

But the authorities have yet to convince the public that this is a real competition, rather than just a grandstanding event.

I feel very depressed, later in the next I began to convince parents understand that work is the grand leveller.

Negotiate the specific details of an order. Convince your client to choose your product over that of your competitor.

It doesn't mean that if you are a Republican that I'm trying to convince you to be a Democrat.

On the face of it, the ad is an attempt to convince people that you're the good guys in this fight.

So I got to read the exact words he used to convince psychiatrists back in 1998 that he was mentally ill.

We do not in the middle reaches - and I hope we do enough to convince him to stay.

Before he goes public, he's got to convince everybody that he's telling the truth.

This will help convince the bank that your firm will generate the cash flow necessary to repay the business loan.

How many times has someone said to you, "look what you get for the money, " when trying to convince you to buy?

And for 45 minutes myself and the rest of the staff tried to convince them as members of the French team not to behave in such a way.

He said he would try to convince Hamas to halt attacks against Israeli civilians, but in an unofficial capacity.

She tried to convince parents to send their children to pay out, but parents have to ask: Can you guarantee the child will be able to live?

"So what do you think? " he said. His voice lacked enthusiasm, as if he were trying to convince himself.

Presents logical opinions in an assertive way when trying to persuade and convince others.

In the absence of any other proof, the thumb alone would convince me of God's existence.

And if that was not enough to convince you to try pomegranate, the fruit is now being hailed as the elixir of youth.

A relief effort led by the U. S. and Pakistani governments would do much to convince Pakistanis to reject groups like the Taliban.

If lucky (or good) enough, the developer is able to convince the rest of the team (or at least the team leader) to use this technology.

You know who you are better than any recruiter, so don't let someone convince you to take something you don't feel certain about.

We were having lunch and I was trying to convince him that everybody has a dream.

That should be enough to convince you to use this Globalize plugin instead of any other homemade plugin you may have tried.

Krishnamurti: It is so easy to deceive oneself, so easy to convince oneself of anything at all.

They tried to convince her to sing in the talent show but she said she couldn't do it for the world.

That second angel will attempt to convince you that it is the first, he said, and I suppose I fell for it.

Wayne knows Fergie will try to convince him to make peace with Ronaldo for the good of United but that won't wash with him.

We guide you to turn away from trying to convince others of your truth, and rather become your truth by self mastering and ascending.

If you've got to convince visitors to sign up for your killer app, giving away FREE accounts surely can't hurt.

Maybe I can convince you to stay if I offer you a few more incentives.

Paul said he had worked for two days to convince Jones that burning Qurans was the wrong thing to do, and that Jones had finally agreed.

He said: 'He said: 'Amazon has worked long and hard to convince folks that their services were robust. This does not help the cause. '

But even as I felt the nausea of guilt return, I was trying to convince myself I was right to let go.

The fact that the price of her apartment had dropped by nearly 15% from the peak helped convince her to take the plunge.

Try to convince a friend or family member tocome along with you -- even if it's just once a week.

It won't be easy to convince a hiring manager that you can transfer your sales skills from life insurance to living room furniture.

Despite recent frenetic summitry the politicians have failed to convince markets that this rescue fund will ever be adequately resourced.

The measures he took helped to convince investors that his country was not a potential default risk.

Having growing up in the spotlight as a child star of Harry Potter, Emma Watson often had to fight to convince people she's all grown up.

The bank employee tries to convince him that the half million he has in his bag is more than enough for him to just walk away.

But the global recession seemed to convince China that absolute reliance on exports for growth was a "risky strategy, " he said.

Hollywood's latest tactic for trying to convince men to watch romantic comedies is to deny that the movies are romantic comedies at all.

He tried to convince anyone to remove the bone. "I would give anything, " he said, "if you would take it out. "

She was not able to convince me of her beliefs.

Now that your listeners know your specific purpose, the next step is to present evidence that will convince them to agree with you.

When I tried to convince those people to set Daniel free but they kept on telling me that it was the law and it couldn't be changed!

You can convince her to go out with me.

If Germany was going to support such a fund, it should be a blow-out that would convince markets, she had decided.

Companies spend millions of dollars trying to convince customers that their products are superior to those of other companies.

First of all, I will try to do well in the trainings to convince the coach to let me play, it would already be a huge achievement for me.

I spent the last 5 years trying to convince him that college was the smarter way to go.

They convince you, by continuously putting these issues before you, that a woman has no control over the birthing process in her body.

Even with everything Jennifer had read about him, she could not convince herself that Michael Moretti was a murderer.

Mr. Paulson said he had to convince a reluctant Mr. Bush that saving AIG was the right decision.

We were able to convince them that they weren't interested in a completion milestone so much as a confidence milestone.

But Molchanov predicts that the potential money coming out of this project will convince most shareholders to put concerns over image aside.

how mny of us can put the screws on a son and convince him that he must abandon his idea of a career and take up the idea of finding work?

My lazy tendencies stirred long enough to convince me of the virtue in the last option. . . But I wasn't completely unproductive.

It has been a bumpy year, but no one will convince me that, at full strength, this squad is anything other than extremely capable.

A faint vision of a new teacher trying to convince pupils that he is "one of the guys" .

I've been trying to convince him to come with me.

You might be frustrated as you rely on common values when trying to convince others to take up your favorite cause.

The company has also tried to market its products in a variety of different ways to convince users to switch away from rival engines.

By announcing new measures almost daily, the authorities are trying to convince would-be investors that they are really serious.

She did her best to convince me that she was still in love with me, but that was all over long ago.

You convince me that there really is an unlocked door just waiting for me to open it.

trying to convince an America hit by an economic downturn and fighting an unpopular war in Iraq. . .

When I hear any man talk of an unalterable law, the only effect it produces on me is to convince me that he is an unalterable fool.

I've been trying to convince him to see a doctor.

Some students convince themselves that they are not able to understand spoken English well and create problems for themselves.

Ross toured 25 regional Disney Channels around the globe two years ago, trying to convince them of HSM's potential.

The fact that Henry Armstrong was buried did not seem to him to prove that he was dead: he had always been a hard man to convince.

How do I convince her to stop forwarding all this crap?

Throughout the next year or two, many vegans tried to convince me that vegetarianism wasn't enough, but I wouldn't listen.

And I'm going to spend the next few minutes trying to convince you that physics can teach us something about marketing.

Come on. This is perfect. You get to spend an hour with her every other day. You can convince her to go out with me.

You can see Apple and its board desperately trying to convince us that Tim Cook is great, and I'm sure he is and will do fine.

you convince me that there really is unlocked door just waiting for me to open it.

The best revenge on a liar is to convince him that you believe what he said.

And then he had to convince her to go back with him to a country she'd never been to and marry a complete stranger.

A diplomat is a man who can convince his wife that she looks stout in a mink coat.

It tries desperately to convince me that I shouldn't keep going; that it just wants me to be safe.

Let's face it. Condoms are a bit of downer. So how do we convince guys to put it on? And make durex the favoured choice.

It's done sort of to convince this congregation that you don't need to go back to that, you've got something superior.

After the war, it was not easy for Seward to convince the Senate that Alaska would be an important addition to the United States.

I try to convince myself that's all that it is, and if she really concentrated, she would not repeat herself so much.

He added he did not want to leave through the "back door, " but fight to convince coach Fabio Capello of his worth.

Maybe she would let him drive her back for her return flight. Or, better yet, maybe he could convince her not to leave at all.

The point of this list is to convince you to try to accept as few characters as possible, and to think carefully before accepting another.

Yes. She'll be gone for a while. She was trying to convince him to go to Denali.

That did not mean trying to convince our adversaries they were wrong, but trying to unite ourselves with them at a higher level of insight.

he kept trying to convince me to let him in.

Trying to convince the robbers that he was just a poor puppet and hadn't a penny in his pocket.

It was during this detainment that Lo was turned and sent back to Taiwan to convince his handler, Lo Chi-Cheng, to sell out his country.

But now more than ever, it is hard to see what sort of assurance could convince Kim to disarm.

It does not seem easy to convince people this can be a win-win program.

Totally obsessed by the idea that virginity should be preserved, he spent his whole life trying to convince girls to abstain from sex.

It was a long shot, but maybe I could convince the hijacker to get off the plane with me in New Jersey.

Now, if I can only convince my wife that it makes sense to add a room or two onto the house for book storage. . .

Let me try to convince you of that in a few seconds.

But I would try to convince him to turn himself in.

Some spend so much time and energy trying to convince others of their truth, when no one group holds it all.

Occasionally, we put on a show as if to convince ourselves our secrets are really all that terrible.

But I love my awful life so much right now, that I find it hilarious when I am unable to convince anyone else of it.

We would not spend any time trying to convince anybody of anything because if they're not asking, your answers are just irritating.

The hunters Sat. stuffing themselves with this easy meal, trying to convince themselves that they got sufficient kick out of bananas.

as if to convince ourselves our secrets aren't really all that terrible.

Please keep sharing this page and help the Rebellion convince Volkswagen to turn away from the Dark Side.

You've got to be able to convince us that you either have developed a team that has all those factors in it, or else you can.

For ages you've been trying to convince those you're closest to that certain issues are pressing.

He went to the Mosque to try to convince her to leave.

Anything is possible. You need to convince me that you are reasonable.

Still, it's up to Ms. Lagarde to convince emerging markets that it's their interest and responsibility to help Europe in some fashion.

At least not enough to convince audiences and publishers that they remain relevant.

This is a fact, and I would be deluding myself if I tried to convince myself that all is well when it definitely isn't.

The "lesser of two evils" technique tries to convince us of an idea or proposal by presenting it as the least offensive option.

But if he told his family that he intended to be an author, he did not convince Papa Sol.

Occasionally we put a show as if to convince ourselves our secrets are really off that terrible.

Why? In short, because rescues need a bit of "shock and awe" to convince investors.

Your goal is to convince him that just as he needs to meet deadlines, you have personal responsibilities that are equally important.

I asked you to talk to her, to convince her to.

You cannot convince a woman to feel differently about you by means of "logic and reasoning. "

One of the hunger strikers argues with a senior opposition politician who has come to try to convince them to end the strike.

It took me a day or two to convince her that I wasn't going to harm her.

He dashes about Death's room, trying to convince himself that the entity is not real.

And I must tell Linton it is not my fault that I don't write, and convince him that I shall not change.

The main goal of that plan is to convince Chinese-born professionals, academics and experts to return and contribute to the economy .

Amazingly, I find that in that short 10 min, we were able to convince the audience there was a special chemistry between us.

a British archeologist who has spent many years trying to convince people that Atlantis could have existed.

If someone with Mr Dangeard's background could not convince the board of that, it is hard to see who will.

To do this, they had to convince investors that the perception of hedge funds as a risky investment is no longer valid.

in trying to convince you to place your cars in the movie?

That might just be an illusion. Just try to convince yourself that we did not see nothing.

In the next two months Serbia will have to convince sceptics like Germany that it is committed to a lasting settlement with Kosovo.

Just a bit disappointed because I always convince myself that Rooney will be a Red for life, just like Giggs and Scholes.

I frankly do not see the kind of answers that would really convince me that that is the case.

The president is trying to convince voters that better days are ahead.

Until then it is no earthly good trying to convince him by rational argument.

This did not convince left-of-centre parties, which think education should be free from kindergarten to colloquium.

Detail the features of your product and convince the client of its merits. Arrange an appointment for a product demonstration.

After the speech, I worked the crowd, shaking hands with supporters and trying to convince the dissenters.

She is trying to convince magazine editors and advertisers to stop using digitally altered photographs and underweight models.

One of the difficult tasks in this world is to convince a woman that even a bargain costs money. --Immanuel Kant.

Maybe he'd be able to convince Billy of this much, at least.

We hope too, Candace is smiling, to convince people that Esu will not ride his white horse across the sky to pick up his favorites .

He also thought and tried to convince others that the spinal cord was what brought the nerves, the sensations of pain, throughout the body.

Then my inner-brain kicks in and thoughts of portion size, calories, fats, & sugars, slowly convince me to make a smart choice.

A good salesperson really has to have a way with words. They have to be able to convince the customer that they should buy the thing.

Convince stakeholders that it is in the long term regional economic interest to promote investments by ethical and sustainable industries .

Notice that she is not trying to convince him but Is simply, matching his resistance.

I am going to challenge you to convince me that you simply cannot pursue your genuine dreams right now.

Oh. well, based on what you told me, I am not surprised. But we did convince him to leave the motel.

Parties may be more concerned to denigrate an opponent than with an attempt to convince electors of the virtues of their own policies.

But the long-term consequences of sleep deprivation should be enough to convince anyone to hit the sack.

Buffalo Bill knew many Indians and he was able to convince a famous Sioux Indian named Spotted Tail and his village to join the hunt.

Much similar to Media Manipulation, this skill further enhances your ability to convince media to see things from your point of view .

Mr Jonathan will have to try hard to convince northerners that they have at least some say in government.

The Republican propaganda machine was able to convince people that the financial crisis was due to government failure, not market failure.

The lavish presentation appeals to me, and I've got to convince the others.

But boss Arsene Wenger is ready to recall the winger, having failed to convince Real to make the move permanent.

There's no point in trying to convince them your dedication has not changed.

It used to be that the U. S. could convince the world to follow its lead on currency issues.

How can you convince her to have more confident in herself and trust her own decision, when you're not doing the same for yourself?

Convince Charles Barkley to take opponents out on the town and offer to pick up the tab.

Nobody knows, for if they did and could convince others, it would not be a shock: the market would factor it into its risk assessment.

Thinking that he was dazed, the villagers beat and admonished him. There was no way the king could convince them.

I actually tried to convince Dad to let me do Water Jazz instead of swim team, but he wouldn't go for it.

Dismayed by this behavior, Catherine asks Henry to convince Frederick to leave Isabella alone.

It turns out that none of the programs was smart enough to convince anyone it was human.

"I said no to no" : self-centered discourse, and the fact that there is no rational explanation, it is difficult to convince the people of.

To convince myself of that, I do not lift my arm the next moment.

The first is to tell you something about pollen , I hope, and to convince you that it's more than just something that gets up your nose .

This sort of result does not, of course, convince everyone.

You might even be able to convince yourself that the next 50 minutes will be a productive and satisfying work-hour.

Attraction is an emotional and physical RESPONSE. . . and you can't "convince" a woman to feel it with logic, gifts, and NICENESS.

Steve is trying to convince the managers to choose the blended delivery model proposed by Lexis.

I've been trying to convince Jean to come with me.

He would speak calmly and softly, and convince the girls of the wisdom of his approach with appeals to reason and common sense.

Dearer copper or oil did not halt construction at Chinese shopping malls or convince Americans to sell their SUVs immediately.

Ironically, in the 1960s, Mr Lee tried, without success, to convince his bosses to turn Marvel into a multimedia company like Disney.

Unless you can convince them otherwise, your customers must be able to upgrade the product data and usage easily from the previous version.

Every sabbath he held discussions in the synagogue, trying to convince both Jews and Greeks.

Now, here's the experiment we did, and I would hope this is going to convince you that "Yeah, right! " was not the right response.

But family and school were normally able to convince them that spitting was wrong, so in most cases they gave up the practice.

They claim that people who order bigger sizes of food are trying to convince themselves or others that they are better off.

How can the United States convince Moscow that it has more to gain from enhancing its cooperation with the West, regardless of oil prices?

You've got to convince him that you're like-minded, like two peas in a pod.

So will the DPJ be able to excite voters enough to convince them of the need for change?

I tried to convince him that the man wasn't a good person, but he did not care.

But you know, this time I convince myself, my heart hurts.

The special design of the surface of the arc, to convince us that the radiation diameter on the ground meets the standards of size.

Sorry, but it will take a lot more than one simplistic study of 24 readers to convince me that such findings are accurate.

All broken up: If you are negotiating with a group of opponents to try to convince one of the opponents to accept your proposal.

I have managed to convince myself that if it weren't for my job I would immediately head out for the open spaces.

The real challenge was to convince ASDI of the need for activities to occur in parallel rather than to have all milestones be sequential.

Detail will be needed to convince markets a plan really exists and this isn't just a superficial accord with no substance.

When I saw this photo op I had to convince our driver to stop just for a second so I could take this one picture.

Donors will need to convince voters that there is an end point in mind and a date for withdrawal, even if it is some way off.

As part of the campaign, the airline flew London Mayor Boris Johnson out to New York to convince business leaders to come to the UK.

They tried to convince pubs that the smoke-free law would drive them out of business so they would lobby against the law.

In the domestic and foreign related research, the research which has real diagnosis and strong convince conclusion has still less to see.

The second was to convince the markets that Greece is an isolated case that bears no resemblance to the rest of the euro-zone.

He knew that his propositions would not convince people unless his illustrations entertained them.

Now, Miss Crawford, if you will look up the walk, you will convince yourself that it cannot be half a mile long, or half half a mile.

narrator: This man is trying to convince the dog that the food is delicious.

I strive to be confident enough to convince people that I am in charge, but humble enough to realize that I am often going to be wrong.

They convince him to surgically alter his appearance and disappear into a new life.

That was always his reaction whenever me and Matt tried to convince him to tell somebody.

It took them a few years to convince me that it was possible.

What malevolence you must have to wish to convince me that there is no happiness in the world!

I tried to convince her to go with us, but she doesn't want to.

Don't waste your breath try to convince him; he's going to leave anyway.

Professionally and effectively introduce the Company to new business potentials and convince decision makers to use PTS products.

Pierre's heartfelt letters helped convince her to pursue her doctorate in Paris.

It was the one that helped convince me of its power beyond simple testing.

Your paper should seek to convince its reader of an argument, a thesis, offered in answer to one of the questions set.

So, you get up early and try to convince yourself that the long day stretching before you is rich with diverse possibilities.

Koryo's website does have a sanitized feel -- no surprise for a company trying to convince people to visit North Korea.

And even if you don't convince yourself of that, at least you won't be thirsty.

So we do quite a lot of work at IDEO trying to convince our clients of this.

George said it forcefully, in part to convince himself, because the memory of the gray-haired man had been eating at him too.

But it's also a game of poker; an attempt to convince the Greeks that the EU has all the cards, while the Greeks have just a pair of deuces.

Today, I was trying to convince my parents to install a new program on our computer. They said I couldn't until I got better grades.

In my teens I tried to fit in with my straight friends and convince myself that I fancied boys. I even had a couple of short relationships.

He needs to convince Americans and their creditors that this country isn't becoming the world's largest subprime borrower.

You can't even convince your boss that you are capable enough to be a lawyer.

But often I convince myself that I can't do something because I'm going to fail at it, so I don't even bother to try.

It took Facebook's venture backers to convince him to stop coding and focus his full attention on running the business.

The very fact of my popularity among the troops was enough to convince him I was dangerous.

Mr. Colombo said one tack for Q-Cells would be to 'try to convince the Chinese court to let go' and leave the case for arbitration.

'What we're trying to do is convince the Chinese there are global norms, ' he said.

And a game may convince users to pick a strong password where commands and exhortations fail.

But until you convince me, with facts or with opinion, that I'm wrong, I will be passionate about my decision at the time.

Nothing but facts can convince the public and arouse their admiration.

It is difficult enough to convince them of an argument as part of the normal cut-and-thrust of political conversation.

And yet, we try to convince people to ride with us all the time while we're blindfolded.

I'm willing to do anything to convince May to go out with me.

Maria, he has got to at least pretend he is working with these people. You must convince him.

A secondary work will not convince on its own unless it has evolved its own tensions between thought and language.

We have been trying to convince them to send, for instance, a shipment of zinc, which is mined there.

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If business executives and sponsors don't understand the need for a PMO -- and view it as overhead -- how can we convince them of its value?

Don't try to convince me with such foolish ideas; I will not be cheated again.

I am not going to spend too much time trying to convince you carefully.

His speech for the campaign failed to convince the voters that he was the right person for the senate seat.

She pointed out that smiles can convince us that we are happy. After smiling for a while , one may forget about what happened before .

Job seekers should have the same motivation to convince interviewers that they understand and value the company's business.