They hope to persuade more of their friends to visit.

This won't be obvious yet, but I hope to persuade you of it.

However, in the next few hours I hope to persuade you that such an action on your part would be a great mistake.

"So you're hoping to persuade me that I am wrong."

Yes, I did hope to persuade you to lend your support to our cause.

Both sides hope to persuade foreign readers to support their own point of view through these publications.

I preferred to think that he hoped to persuade me to make the kill as a public service.

The reason was, of course, that he hoped to persuade her to come with him.

"I'm hoping to persuade her to do one more before she takes time out," he said.

Armed with this information, I hoped to persuade my brother to change his mind.