But groups of armed, striking miners would frequently meet them, and often persuaded the workers not to take the jobs during a strike.

The group persuaded the company to remove the Web pages of 7,000 known sexual predators.

Last spring a group of mothers persuaded the authority to give them space for gardening.

Whilst still at Northwood College, a group of local businessmen persuaded her to start another school, and so she did.

Earlier in 1987 the group persuaded a number of fast-food chains to stop using foam packaging that is made with chlorofluorocarbons.

After angry calls to City Hall, the group persuaded officials to stop the work.

Their hit song was originally intended for another artist on the label, but the group saw its potential and persuaded Stanton to let them record it.

A group of his compatriots came up with the idea for the company and persuaded him to become its chief executive.

To make the money go further, the group persuaded 25 banks to waive service fees of about $555,000.

Five years later a group of investors persuaded him to start work on what would be the first working British jet engine.