Example sentences of "despite [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Despite being repeatedly arrested and brought back home , bruised and beaten by the police , she finally got to see the King by throwing herself into the road in front of the Royal car . |
| 2 | Even the duck used for Tai Bai Duck ( a dish handed down from generation to generation and named after the Tang dynasty poet Li Tai Bai ) despite being supplied by Cherry Valley , is , promises Jermey , authentic , because the company supplied much of China 's duck breeding stock . |
| 3 | The caution he gave regarding their use implied that , despite being water based , there could be hazard in their application . |
| 4 | Mike Teague ( who now has a knee , as well as a shoulder , injury ) is doubtful but Will Carling , the captain , says he will be fit despite being concussed in Harlequins ' win over London Irish . |
| 5 | Despite being out-jabbed , the British champion kept boring forward and when he got inside , taking punches in order to do so , he landed some solid right hooks to the head and the body . |
| 6 | Indeed even Britain 's blue chip businesses boycotted the scheme despite being put under intense personal and political pressure , ’ he added . |
| 7 | He even managed to delay the founding declarations on Saturday , despite being whistled and booed from the hall . |
| 8 | Despite being one game behind , Speelman seems to have recovered from his hesitant start to the match . |
| 9 | It has gone straight to video despite being promoted with a National Film Theatre lecture on 29 October . |
| 10 | ‘ One of the most difficult matches we have ever been asked to play , ’ confided Sir Alf Ramsey in June , 1973 , his apprehension understandable despite being able to call upon the vast experience of Bobby Moore , Alan Ball and Martin Peters . |
| 11 | ALESSANDRO FIORIO , of Italy , despite being plagued by overheating problems in his Lancia Delta Integrale , extended his lead to more than half a minute during the second stage of the San Remo rally yesterday . |
| 12 | Despite being an important opportunity for public relations , work on the enquiry desk is unpopular because ‘ nothing happens ’ , so probationers and inexperienced recruits tend to be left to deal with the public 's enquiries . |
| 13 | Diana , herself a keen sailor despite being confined to a wheelchair for the last 45 years , hopes the boat will encourage more disabled people onto the water . |
| 14 | Diana Campbell , herself a keen sailor despite being confined to a wheelchair for the last 45 years , dreamt up the idea of a specially adapted dinghy sailing boat in the early seventies , and persuaded Roderick Macalpine-Downie to design it . |
| 15 | He hardly ever turned up though and when he did — despite being married to Paul sister — he 'd bring girls with him to bolster his ego . |
| 16 | The government however continued with just one vice-president and within a few months this post was held by Daniel Arap Moi , a non-Kikuyu who , despite being a member of the Legislative Council , had not been prominent in nationalist politics . |
| 17 | Despite being only a facelift of the current range , the new Polo manages to lose its tired old image — and it comes not a moment too soon , says Andrew Frankel |
| 18 | Small animals fall in and , despite being able to swim , can not climb out again . |
| 19 | Inside , the crews expressed their willingness to answer emergency calls and , despite being suspended , said they had no intention of going home . |
| 20 | It is better to judge him on his reappearance run at Chepstow when , despite being 11 kilos overweight , according to trainer Martin Pipe , he easily disposed of Run And Skip , with Little Polveir beaten out of sight . |
| 21 | Despite being a western production , the film script was written by the east-west team of Peter Timm and Reinhard Kloos . |
| 22 | Despite being an affront to the memory of Mahatma Gandhi , the founding father of independent India , the BJP 's attack had been immensely popular . |
| 23 | Juan Ponce Enrile believes he is in with a chance , despite being charged last year with rebellion in connection with an attempted coup . |
| 24 | Tomorrow 's Europe must have a Bill of Rights and a Thatcher Carta , she cried , despite being about as keen on a Bill of Rights for Britain and a Social Charter for today 's EC as she is on workers ' soviets |
| 25 | So is the hum and whine , despite being muted further by extra sound-proofing . |
| 26 | In later years , by contrast , he came to speak in public less and less frequently , despite being repeatedly urged to do so by Goebbels and others , evidently realizing only too well how closely the effectiveness of his rhetoric was dependent on being able to report success and to hold out hope for an end to the war . |
| 27 | They won in the same time as that recorded by Oxford half an hour later despite being warned three times for their steering . |
| 28 | It has always remained technically under Peking 's control despite being surrounded by territory ceded or leased to Britain . |
| 29 | Mrs Bennett died at about 4pm despite being treated with steroids and antibiotics . |
| 30 | The new leaders — Kinnock , Smith , Brown , Cook , Hattersley , even Tony Blair ( despite being Fettes and Oxford ) — belong to a different background . |