persuasive case

collocation in English

meaningsofpersuasiveandcase

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persuasive
adjective
uk
/pəˈsweɪ.sɪv/
us
/pɚˈsweɪ.sɪv/
making you want to do or believe a ...
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case
noun
uk
/keɪs/
us
/keɪs/
a particular situation or example ...
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(Definition ofpersuasiveandcasefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Even favorable court decisions rarely resulted in apersuasivecasefor comprehensiveness.
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Only then can apersuasivecasebe made for heeding their advice over that of others.
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Is this apersuasivecase?
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These differing effects of multipartism indicate that apersuasivecasecan be made for either positive or negative effects.
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I suspect that he will make apersuasivecase.
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I thought that apersuasivecasewas deployed.
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He is making apersuasivecasefor a delay.
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But ranged against that idea is a fairlypersuasivecase.
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There is a verypersuasivecasein that situation.
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We think that that is not apersuasivecase.
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Although these findings make apersuasivecasefor elective caesarean delivery, a definitive answer will only be provided by a prospective randomised clinical trial.
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And he presents apersuasivecasefor concluding that we have strong (though his ' decisive' may be too strong) reasons to submit to divine authority.
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It was also apersuasivecasefor the preservation of the hereditary principle.
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A mostpersuasivecasefor statutory regulation would need to be made out.
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I will favour change if apersuasivecaseis made for it.
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Nonetheless, my noble friend has made a verypersuasivecasethis evening.
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It is difficult not to feel that they have a very strong and highlypersuasivecase.
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The human stories behind those patient groups and organisations make an even morepersuasivecase.
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Apersuasivecasehas been put forward by my noble friend.
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There was a sufficientlypersuasivecasethat such information should be produced only in camera.
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He puts apersuasivecaseto cover a most unsatisfactory state of affairs.
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He built apersuasivecasefor the 21-day notice period.
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He has made an extremelypersuasivecasethat it would be hard to reject.
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We are willing to make improvements in the short term if apersuasivecaseis capable of being made.
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We do not believe that there is apersuasivecasefor treating rented properties differently from others.
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