Example sentences of "[det] despite " in BNC.
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| 1 | Two more solid pars followed , while at the 18th he made another despite driving into one of those two fairway bunkers . |
| 2 | We gaze at one another despite the effort of heavy lids , our nodding heads , until the lull of sleep defeats . |
| 3 | They tend to conclude their account with the formation of the National Government , giving ensuing events — in particular , the decision of the National Government to go to the country as a National Government — fairly perfunctory treatment ; and this despite the fact that , as Ball rightly claims , ‘ The radical restructuring of British politics after 1931 lies not in the events of 13–28 August , but in the changing attitudes within the National Government during September and October 1931 . ' |
| 4 | This despite the increasingly apocalyptic talk about the inflation and unemployment that would arrive with the launch on new year 's day of a set of economic reforms : price liberalisation , the sale of small businesses and internal convertibility of the crown ( meaning that Czechoslovak firms licensed to conduct foreign trade can now buy as much foreign currency as they want at the newly unified exchange rate ) . |
| 5 | But there was widespread despoliation of the woods by local landowners and by the charcoal-burners who produced the fuel necessary for the manufacture of iron — this despite Acts of 1559 and 1570 prohibiting them from using timber-trees needed to build ships . |
| 6 | This despite the meteorological report and the barometer steady at 29.9 . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | They do this despite the fact that on the kitchen floor there is an immaculately clean dish of pure tap water , and probably milk as well , awaiting them . |
| 9 | The doctor wished to remove a lymph gland for examination , to verify HTLV3 , but I refused to allow this despite considerable pressure and went instead to see a homeopath . |
| 10 | But Arsenal colleague Tony Adams escaped this despite being sent to jail . |
| 11 | While the original version of Engelbart 's famous paper showed this structure , subsequent reprintings of the paper have removed that feature — this despite the claims by Engelbart that his group found such presentation extremely helpful . |
| 12 | This despite another sniff of disapproval from Mother . |
| 13 | This was clearly evident on the first day of the event , sponsored again by ADT Auctions , where Gt Britain won only one set in her opening four matches , this despite having good opportunities in at least four of the eight sets that she eventually lost . |
| 14 | But the documents and witnesses to prove that the army conducted archaeological excavations have been found , this despite the fact that the area of Barbariga has been closed to archaeologists since World War II , and the islands of Brijuni were off-limits to the public once they became Tito 's residence . |
| 15 | For myself I would want , in addition to Mravinsky , the earlier of Karajan 's two recordings , as the most inspiring and symphonically satisfying account by a non-Russian ( this despite DG 's only partly successful remastering ) . |
| 16 | But remarkable though they were , his English forefathers seem to have meant little to Richard himself — and this despite the fact that the old Germanic god of war was among their number . |
| 17 | They do this despite evidence of noncohabitation , or by forcing couples to cohabit . |
| 18 | The vast majority of written material sent to the media ends up in the waste-bin — some of it unread ; this despite modern training in PR and the many courses which are now available . |
| 19 | They reduced the number of questions , leaving more room for follow up — this despite the fact that some groups had apparently run out of questions the previous week . |
| 20 | THE reality of schistosomiasis is that at least as many people are infected today as ten years ago — this despite the availability of the wonder drug praziquantel . |
| 21 | On the other hand , even such seasonal workers ' commitment to work , needs and interests are likely to be different from those of regular workers ; this despite the fact that their pay or access to fringe benefits can be inferior to those of regular workers . |
| 22 | One of the nine graduates from the estimable Haringey ( now London ) Cricket College to have passed through the first-class portals , the seamer from St Lucia found himself plopped at the top of the order in the absence of four injured batsmen , this despite a previous firstclass output of 0 and 4 not out . |
| 23 | This despite the overtime he voluntarily puts in . |
| 24 | Third , the political turbulence of the seventies born of economic failure and increasing unemployment , destroyed consensus and brought " conviction politics " and real choice back to the fore with a vengeance : the Conservatives rediscovered old roots in their opposition to state intervention and their commitment to the free market ; the Labour Party rediscovered socialism and attacked the free market of capitalism at the same time as they were eager to fashion an interventionist state ; the specifics of nationalist sentiment ebbed and flowed in unpredictable ways ; and only the Liberal-SDP Alliance seemed eager to try and recreate the moderate consensus politics and policies of the fifties , and they did this despite growing signs that the social and economic conditions that made those policies viable had ceased to exist . |
| 25 | Cecil made it quite clear that in his opinion , at least , the " strangers " in charge of the works were pretending to act simply and fairly towards the society but were thought to be dealing more for their own " private lucre " than for the benefit of the society , " … this despite diverse great sums of money due by them for rent having been remitted for their better encouragement to carry on the work … " |
| 26 | The Government have done this despite repeated warnings from the Energy Select Committee and from elsewhere that such moves should take place only after full consultation and agreement with the unions . |
| 27 | In science , and we include the social sciences in this despite the arguments both about the nature of science and whether or not the social sciences can be counted as such , an important , indeed essential , element of the context of research problems is theory . |
| 28 | This despite the fact that the eventual outcomes , nationalism and defence of territory , are quite similar . |
| 29 | ‘ All this despite your legacy ? ’ |
| 30 | The first notable failures were the currency futures — this despite the huge global demand to hedge currency risk and the fact that London has the most important cash and forward markets in currencies . |