Example sentences of "despite [v-ing] been [verb] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The good news is , therefore , that despite having been beaten by better sides , improvements are certainly to be expected . |
| 2 | MATLOCK TOWN , the HFS Loans League team , are still in the FA Trophy - despite having been defeated in the first round . |
| 3 | Trotsky and the ice-man had been his attempt to solve the problem of why he was still alive despite having been shot in the head . |
| 4 | Thereafter Miss Logan , despite having been engaged for her experience , confined herself to the cabin . |
| 5 | The Duke arranged for a long avenue Or lime trees to be planted alongside a driveway leading from the main road that ran westward from London ( Chiswick High Road ) and sweeping into his Chiswick House grounds and , despite having been cut in two by the dual carriageway of the Great West Road Extension , it still remains as Dukes Avenue . |
| 6 | After four attempts to elect a Chair of the Ukrainian Council of Ministers , the outgoing holder of the post , Vitaly Masol , was re-elected on June 28 , despite having been blamed by some deputies during the election debate for the Ukraine 's current economic problems . |
| 7 | Despite the UK using more pesticides than most , a slow and cumbersome system for pesticide review means that 30-year-old chemicals remain in use despite having been superseded by safer alternatives , Clark argues . |
| 8 | Miyazawa 's eventual success in the leadership poll was attributed to the support of the largest faction in the LDP , led jointly by Shin Kanemaru and by former Prime Minister Noboru Takeshita , who remained a powerful force in LDP politics despite having been accused of involvement in the Recruit Cosmos financial scandal of 1987-89 . |
| 9 | Contradictions in the novel justify contradictions sustained by the reading , despite having been produced by the reading in the first place . |
| 10 | The question of forming an independent union had sharply divided delegates during the five days of debate , despite having been approved in principle at the first congress in June [ see p. 37617 ] . |