Example sentences of "despite many " in BNC.
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| 1 | The rail unions staged a series of strikes over poor pay and BR insistence on an end to collective bargaining , and were somewhat surprised to find themselves with public sympathy despite many complete network shutdowns . |
| 2 | Despite many years of searching , I have not yet been able to track down any other source of reference on the design and construction of valve pre and power amplifiers . |
| 3 | It is hard to think of two other nations in Europe which are so close and yet , still , despite many noble efforts on both sides , so very far apart . |
| 4 | Despite many early problems , aircraft such as the Comet and the Britannia proved to be the equal of their US competitors , and in some ways were even more advanced . |
| 5 | Despite many and varied flurries of activity in the first 40 minutes , Arsenal seemed reasonably secure if not inspired . |
| 6 | He said a total of 24 dogs had died and despite many samples being taken away the local people had never been given any results . |
| 7 | Despite many pleas , this was something that never happened . |
| 8 | Despite many attempts to provide alternatives they remain however the most effective way of restoring dull finishes particularly on aluminium utensils . |
| 9 | Despite many previous approaches to Macmillan , this was the first of Hardy 's novels to be published by the firm . |
| 10 | When Hellen was transferred to Toronto to continue her documentary film-making career , I found that I missed her cheery presence more than I had expected , despite many activities . |
| 11 | Despite many bridges , viaducts , embankments , cuttings and tunnels the lines twist and turn in detours around the hills . |
| 12 | Despite many ingenious methods of providing transcendental excitement , the TOM only came into its own in the mid twenty-second century . |
| 13 | Despite many problems , the work of a clinical teacher is immensely rewarding . |
| 14 | COMPULSORY seat-belts have yet to have any noticeable effect on road accident statistics in Britain , despite many exaggerated press reports . |
| 15 | Some women patients who are plagued by thrush turn out not to have candidiasis , despite many likely symptoms . |
| 16 | Despite many exquisite passages of florid embellishment in a manner familiar from the earlier works , there is much less of their sense of ecstatic suspension of time . |
| 17 | Despite many a scratched hand , the official ruling is that any pedigree cat found to have had its claws removed is automatically and unconditionally disqualified from competing . |
| 18 | But , despite many improvements in hygiene since the beginning of the century , 1988 saw the highest incidence of illness caused by contaminated food ever recorded . |
| 19 | Despite many attempts to link drug use with social deprivation , the association is spurious . |
| 20 | Then came the horrifying death of Piers Courage at Zandvoort , when despite many a brave effort , Courage died in his flaming car . |
| 21 | Despite many rumblings that the changes would cut down on passing and crowd drivers into the walls , the race was one of the most competitive , as well as one of the safest , in recent years . |
| 22 | Grey seals are reputed to breed in this area but despite many orbits none were to be seen . |
| 23 | Despite many investigations , the evidence for these cancer risks is still not conclusive , although it is certainly disturbing ( Vessey et al . |
| 24 | Despite many attempts to establish acceptable modes of mutually intelligible professional literary language , such efforts had been undercut by increasing specialization and an at times impenetrable scholarly discourse . |
| 25 | Despite many cultural imports from China during their subsequent history , the islanders conspicuously failed to acquire a reverence for jade . |
| 26 | Despite many years ' experience of child care and family case work there is still a lively debate about the causes and extent of family failure and about what further measures should be taken to reduce it . |
| 27 | Despite many brands and designs , skiing hardware companies are owned by a few umbrella companies . |
| 28 | Despite many letters sent to councillors by detecting partners John England and Colin Ayling , and members of the Shropshire Antiquities Group , the council would not change its stance . |
| 29 | When Robert Hathaway died in December 1954 , she regained her full status as dame of Sark and , despite many stormy passages with her islanders , continued to be treated by the majority with the greatest respect , if not always with affection . |
| 30 | Incidentally the Victoria Falls are on the Zambezi , the oval window is actually located in the ear ( despite many other spurious suggestions ) and the balaclava was first worn during a very cold war , and yes the Felcourt girls beat the Treasury Department and are now busy munching biscuits . |