Example sentences of "[verb] failed to convince the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Although Mr Kinnock has modernised Labour and ditched many of its vote-losing socialist policies , he has failed to convince the country to put its trust in him despite the country suffering the longest recession since the Second World War . |
| 2 | The company has failed to convince the Nuclear Installations Inspectorate ( NII ) that the embrittlement of the steel reactor vessel was not serious enough to prevent the station reopening . |
| 3 | Neil Kinnock appears to have failed to convince the Arts Council that his party now has a wide constituency covering large sections of the middle classes , and might have business contacts . |
| 4 | McMahon had failed to convince the manager on his five previous appearances . |
| 5 | It was obvious from this that all the various reassurances from the state had failed to convince the local residents that uranium prospecting was harmless . |
| 6 | Above all , Britain had failed to convince the new French president that it could be nothing but a rival to France for European leadership . |
| 7 | Hans Van den Broek , the Netherlands Foreign Minister , said that his government reluctantly accepted that it had failed to convince the majority , and would return to the Luxembourg draft . |