Example sentences of "be persuaded [to-vb] [prep] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And thinking that if he pleased her as much as he hoped , she might be persuaded to part with the Fabergé desk set . |
| 2 | They will probably be fairly reluctant to assist , given that your client is not a member of their union , but they might be persuaded to part with the safety minutes which contain relevant complaints that predate the accident . |
| 3 | Even if the private sector could be persuaded to take on the project , whose estimated costs have now trebled to £3bn , the fare levels needed to make it profitable would make trail travel to Paris through the tunnel barely competitive with the airlines . |
| 4 | Thus the doctor will be persuaded to err on the side of caution and to disregard the expressed view of his patient ; that is , just as earlier we noted the possibility of the patient 's view being overridden by an excess of zeal , now we see the same result produced by an excess of caution . |
| 5 | The guests must be persuaded to return to the restaurant , where it is imperative they be served with a more than satisfactory meal and be completely pacified . |
| 6 | First , the Attorney General Sir Nicholas Lyell , must be persuaded to look at the case . |
| 7 | The members of such groups typically believe that their specially created cameras are the only camerae lucidae ; if only people could be persuaded to peep at the world through their lenses , all other cameras would be condemned to political obscurity . |
| 8 | Do n't be persuaded to rush into the project . |