Example sentences of "despite be so [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Despite being so many years his junior , she had instinctively known how to handle him . |
| 2 | Despite being so ubiquitous , until now they 've been solely a male preserve . |
| 3 | And despite being so cool , DJ still has a fiery temper and can summon up a useful blast of flame breath at any time . |
| 4 | From the age of eight he began at 5 a.m. despite being so small that special pattens had to be made to enable him to reach the machinery , and he bore the scars of the corporal punishment inflicted on him there for the rest of his life . |
| 5 | Moreover , at an ideological level , despite being so different in housing form , both these dwelling types have one other thing in common : they embody a view of appropriate domestic behaviour and the place of women within domestic life . |
| 6 | Jean Henderson , despite being so fond of her work , never for a moment contemplated carrying on after marriage . |