Example sentences of "despite [art] fact that [pron] [vb past] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Labour claimed the result ‘ smashed ’ the Liberal Democrats in Wear Valley despite the fact that we gained further ground and Labour 's support fell back . |
| 2 | It was a disastrous night for Andy Roxburgh 's men , despite the fact that they went in at half-time all square at 1-1 . |
| 3 | When late in 1972 Richard Leakey announced he had dug up the skull , thighbone , and parts of the lower leg of a human that were more than 2 ½ million years old , thus , if correct , disproving man 's direct descent from Australopithecus , many anthropologists seated in leather armchairs in universities not immediately adjacent to East Africa swiftly challenged Leakey 's conclusions , this despite the fact that they had not examined the bones in question , the strata in and near which they had been found , the animal bones found in the same strata , or indeed anything . |
| 4 | Despite the fact that they had been trying to kill each other , against the creature they were united . |
| 5 | Despite the fact that they had stopped their car , neither of the Shepherds seemed to care how she was , or whether she had done herself any harm sleep-walking up to the Monument . |
| 6 | Lacking more substantive arguments for voting Labour , Gaitskell promised an extravagant ‘ electioneering'-type budget if returned to office , a ploy which the Tory leaders were able to ridicule despite the fact that they had started that particular game . |
| 7 | George Hay ( 1987 ) has shown how this approach to antitrust survived into the post Second World War period with the adverse judgements in the Alcoa and United Shoe Machinery cases , where the companies concerned were condemned for ‘ monopolization ’ of their respective markets , despite the fact that they had only employed normal competitive means to acquire and maintain their dominant positions . |
| 8 | Following the signing of the Cessation Treaty between Charles and the Irish rebels in September 1643 , large numbers of Irish Catholics crossed to England to join Charles 's royalist army , despite the fact that they faced summary execution if captured by parliament . |
| 9 | The second and for this thesis the more interesting suggestion is that in an otherwise normal driving situation a driver may report ‘ waking up ’ to find that they have no recollection of having driven some previous part of the journey , despite the fact that they completed relatively complex manoeuvres during the period . |
| 10 | Would any man in his senses invent a story of a bus crash in which 16,000 passengers were killed ? it is much more likely that these Old Testament numbers were faithfully copies out , despite the fact that they did not seem to make sense . |
| 11 | Why was ‘ Togetherness ’ proving so difficult to achieve , despite the fact that everybody believed in it ? |
| 12 | In the 1960s the Northern Ireland Labour Party ( NILP ) was on the verge of becoming a significant political force , despite the fact that it had been left to fend for itself in very difficult circumstances . |
| 13 | M-19 was participating in the elections despite the fact that it had yet to sign a final peace agreement with the government of President Virgilio Barco . |
| 14 | The budget was passed despite the fact that it had been voted down , earlier in the day , by the House of Councillors ( Upper House ) . |
| 15 | To the extent that the purchaser is willing to accept this reduction of the absolute nature of warranties , it should be on the basis the vendor acknowledges that in all circumstances it has made full and proper enquiries and investigations ( see clause 13.6 of the standard sale agreement — Appendix III ) ; ( i ) to provide that the vendor shall not be liable if the purchaser completed the sale at the full purchase price despite the fact that it had knowledge of a particular breach of warranty . |
| 16 | As for the residence requirement , despite the fact that it applied in the same way to British nationals , it constituted covert discrimination on grounds of nationality in so far as , by the very nature of things , nationals of other member states were less likely to be ‘ resident ’ in the United Kingdom than British citizens . |
| 17 | Even volcanoes in areas where there are no established tectonic frontiers are guiltless in this respect : Vesuvius , despite the fact that it buried Pompeii and Herculaneum , Stromboli , Mt Etna and the twin volcanoes of the island of Hawaii have not produced , and do not produce , earthquakes . |
| 18 | Regrettably this consists only of a short description of the mechanical working of the lift , taken from Thomas 's own description , giving no assessment of the lift 's success in use , despite the fact that it appeared six months after the lift 's entry into service . |
| 19 | Mungo was disappointed , despite the fact that he knew the question was reasonable . |
| 20 | When , on demobilisation , Freddie returned to Scotland , expecting to step into the role of country squire or glorified estate manager — despite the fact that he knew nothing about agriculture — it had been a shock to find himself coldly received by his in-laws and his wife , who informed him that she definitely intended to start divorce proceedings . |
| 21 | The plaintiff went for a ride in a private plane piloted by the defendant , despite the fact that he knew the defendant was drunk . |
| 22 | He appointed Steel-Maitland , another ten-minute decision , after Horne had refused , despite the fact that he told Tom Jones he had spent eighteen months contemplating the importance of the post : ‘ Neville recommended S-M . |
| 23 | And now , despite the fact that he 'd held her in his arms , it needed little imagination to guess that he did n't quite trust her . |
| 24 | Geoffrey had been cheated of his rights ; Louis was alarmed " and angered by Eleanor 's choice of a new husband , particularly since she had not asked for his consent despite the fact that he continued to style himself " Duke of Aquitaine " and regarded her as his ward . |
| 25 | Despite the fact that he had worked for most of the period of his contract in England , lived in England , was paid in English currency and paid National Insurance contributions in the UK , he was at all times liable to be recalled to Dhaka . |
| 26 | Despite the fact that he had apparently not put himself out overmuch to get home , he was given a hero 's welcome in Polperro . |
| 27 | Despite the fact that he had always called himself Lawrence , he advertised his business as the John Lawrence School of Dancing , neatly acquiring the kudos of his father 's name . |
| 28 | Their data showed that the larger the coalition , the greater was the fitness of each male within it despite the fact that he had more companions with whom he had to share paternity . |
| 29 | Thus , despite the fact that he had dealt with the relationship of town and countryside at a very abstract level Bukharin did try to grapple with some of the fundamental , enduring and concrete problems arising from the revolutionary transformation of the economy . |
| 30 | Despite the fact that he had drawn a cord between his previous life and the present one , he was not exactly lonely . |