| The middle speech was the first-party forewarner arguing persuasively for an exit exam requirement. |
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| He seems, by turns, to be persuasively sophisticated and provocatively direct. |
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| Pamela Berlin, who directed persuasively, can be faulted only for not having made the author trim some of his repetitiousness. |
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| She argues persuasively that the story of how champagne became an appellation is also a story about what it means to be French. |
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| The central pleasure of a truly satisfying memoir is the narrator's ability to reflect, artfully and persuasively. |
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| Their professors teach them techniques for swaying a jury and speaking persuasively. |
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| He was the primary investor behind the legendary club, persuasively implied here to be the birthplace of rave culture. |
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| In a series of superbly conducted performances, he persuasively made the case for 20th-century music. |
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| He argues his case persuasively, sifting through the complex issues the commission reviewed. |
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| She persuasively notes a shift from geography to subjectivity in the formation of national consciousness. |
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| No other portrait has been persuasively connected with the painting described in the contemporary record. |
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| The totality of the installation never makes its case persuasively as artistic form. |
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| He argued persuasively for acknowledgement of the importance of studying regional folklore in its social context. |
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| He argues persuasively against the prohibitionists who allege that alcohol stokes violence. |
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| And in an age of changing values, many are led astray by these convenient moral attitudes persuasively promoted and advertised nationally. |
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| The written word persuasively conveys the authentic ring of reliable authority in a way the recollected spoken word does not. |
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| He then proceeded, with carefully chosen facts and figures, to argue quite persuasively that all of these fears are ungrounded. |
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| Micheline Morisset, archivist at the National Archives has persuasively argued for the need to preserve home movies. |
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| They cannot persuasively argue that indigent boat people, fleeing poverty and persecution, represent a terrorist threat. |
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| They must have the capacity to marshal facts and the power to present them forcefully and persuasively. |
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| Mr. Speaker, I know that we only have five minutes to put questions to the hon. member who just spoke so eloquently and persuasively. |
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| Over several years, he has persuasively argued that the purpose of development is vitally linked to the growth of freedom. |
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| This immersive experience can allow NGOs to convey complex environmental issues more quickly and persuasively to busy decision makers. |
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| Delivering messages persuasively to your primary target audience lies at the heart of any advocacy initiative. |
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| Openness to others' opinions and the willingness to listen should rank as highly as the ability to communicate persuasively. |
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| Be sure that you follow formal letter-writing conventions and persuasively argue for using the design based on how it reflects Canadian identity. |
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| He also persuasively insisted that any strike on Iran must serve to destroy the regime, not strengthen it. |
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| Try to relate those reasons, persuasively, to the interests of a funder. |
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| As such, a constituent element of that subjectivity relies on the struggle to narrativize a life coherently, persuasively, and with expectation of receptive understanding. |
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| He persuasively presents the doctor as a genuinely good human being who uses her theoretical knowledge in productive ways despite her often ridiculous behavior. |
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| By using existing modernist architecture for locations, and having their characters speak a mutated form of English, they persuasively create a high-tech dystopia. |
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| He argues persuasively that the decision to launch the attack was completely contrary to reason and good military judgment. |
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| With those borders standing, few are arguing, at least persuasively, against the need for stronger border controls. |
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| I'm Not Saying a Word, Tell Me It's Not True, Marilyn Monroe … has any playwright since Noël Coward doubled up so persuasively as a composer? |
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| So you cannot underestimate what a technical triumph it was for Milliband to deliver the whole speech fluently and persuasively from memory. |
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| More persuasively, they simply did not take Zimbabwe's last five wickets quickly enough yesterday. |
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| We have good arguments, we have very good policy areas and policies, and we can present them persuasively. |
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| We will articulate our views more persuasively, we hope, during the focused discussions of individual clusters to be held in the coming weeks. |
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| But, as Burt argues persuasively in this book, the reasons go far deeper than medical arrogance. |
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| I now need to set my alarm, get to the library, make those notes I never made, read all the books under the sun, then organise my thoughts and prepare to persuasively argue on a given topic. |
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| Were data presented clearly and persuasively? |
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| The most successful invaders were Muslims using Mamaluke blades as persuasively to convert as to conquer. |
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| He then persuasively argues that Titus must also defend the family from charges of barbarianism for refusing to bury his own son. |
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| Gathering together all of Chrysostom's portraits of Paul, she argues persuasively that they must be understood rhetorically as encomia. |
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| Moore in his latest book, The War on Heresy, argues persuasively that heresy itself was not an epiphenomenon of the High and Late Middle Ages. |
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| To achieve this would, however, require commitment to argue persuasively for the changes which the WSC decides to put to the Conference for approval. |
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| But let me try to make the point more calmly and persuasively. |
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| Most importantly, the public service must find its own ways to persuasively demonstrate progress to internal and external constituencies in each area. |
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| Brand can't gatecrash a corporate head office as convincingly as Michael Moore, nor string together an essayistic political analysis as persuasively as Adam Curtis. |
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| As possibly the most important representation of these goals, the new European Constitutional Treaty needs to be explained persuasively, adopted by Member States, and gain the support of the citizens of Europe. |
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| Ira looked at her, he hoped, beseechingly and persuasively. |
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| Mr. Voggenhuber himself hopes his parliamentary immunity might be waived, as he has very persuasively shown our group that this is a matter of standing up for freedom of speech, which is something he wishes to be involved in. |
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| Indeed, the perspective you softly and persuasively paint is nothing if not a crude view through narrow-field binoculars with the added disadvantage of having blinders on. |
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| Sharpen the skills needed to communicate persuasively with diverse groups of stakeholders including leaders, colleagues, media and the public and explore the potential of tools currently available for online collaboration. |
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| Leading a dialogue was seen to require the ability to listen carefully, to communicate messages persuasively to diverse audiences, and to mediate conflict. |
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| They make their case persuasively and their prognosis merits reflection. |
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| Feature film docudramas made within the last two years address social issues and become persuasively potent as they engage in a conservative discourse. |
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| Economists familiar with the Rothbardian tradition have taken the analysis even further, persuasively arguing that Somalia is much better without a state than it was with one. |
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| One report after another, in true multifariousness, has been persuasively arguing that we are teetering on a cliff before climatic catastrophes send us over. |
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| Two of his Tone Poems after Arnold Bocklin proved delightful miniatures, persuasively introduced by Edward Gardner, the orchestra's popular principal guest conductor. |
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