And they must be amused about persuading Disney to finance a comedy that is, finally, about anticorporate behavior.

Unwilling to let go, they went back to the seller and persuaded him to finance their purchase for nine months.

It persuaded them to finance their own production and wait months for payment.

Persuading Congress or corporations to finance training programs will be one of the most important tasks Ms. Herman faces.

As a consequence it has become more critical for condominiums to find ways to persuade bankers to finance major repairs and improvements.

The cinéma vérité approach also made it easier to persuade backers to finance the admittedly off-the-wall idea.

For example, it persuaded Congress to finance research this year into nuclear "bunker busters."

Christopher Columbus also had to turn on the charm to persuade Queen Isabella to finance his trip west in 1492.

Some members of the local bourgeoisie commissioned the first portraits from him and persuaded the City Council to finance his studies.

A skilled bureaucrat, he was successful in persuading Congress to finance a huge shipbuilding program and became known as "the father of the 600-ship Navy."