Example sentences of "[prep] spite of [noun pl] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Boys will be boys and in spite of warnings at least one fatal accident occurred involving local lads , and several were injured . |
| 2 | They had been coming over steadily ever since , in spite of warnings about the difficulties of living in a foreign land — warnings given them by the English Jewish establishment . |
| 3 | The first was carried out , the second was not , in spite of warnings from the engineers : ‘ The preliminary study has highlighted the high damage costs associated with flooding on rural and urban communities , and the very real possibility of more extensive and serious flooding of Perth occurring in the future . ’ |
| 4 | A Great Western saloon was positioned at Aylesbury but , in spite of efforts from many people , could not be used . |
| 5 | A father-of-two , Sergeant Bill Forth , 34 , died early yesterday after being stabbed in spite of efforts by a colleague and householders to save him . |
| 6 | In spite of reassurances by the United States President , George Bush , that there would be no reductions in the 43,000 US forces in South Korea , bilateral defence talks to this effect took place in December 1989 and January 1990 . |
| 7 | In spite of problems with the data , a number of themes and trends do however emerge . |
| 8 | In spite of threats of defiance , court-imposed fines were collected from the NUM , NGA , and Transport and General Workers ' Union . |
| 9 | In spite of moves by the South Korean government to open up its long-and-heavily protected domestic economy to foreign imports , efforts by many multinational companies to break into South Korean markets have run into trouble . |
| 10 | A pair of granite chairs by Scott Burton ( lot 55 , est. $100–150,000 ) sold for $80,000 ( £44,400 ) , in spite of concerns about their condition Lichtenstein 's ‘ Laughing cat ’ ( lot 44a , est. $350–450,000 ) failed to attract any interest and was bought in at $190,000 . |
| 11 | What is evident is that , in spite of variations in the rate of reduction of rural services and the different attitudes of various governments to the public subsidy of railways , the pattern of rural services is now very much as Dr Beeching seems to have wanted . |
| 12 | The SNP refused to support the Government in last night 's vote in spite of claims from Government sources that the deal two weeks ago went beyond the single vote on the EC committee and that it covered timetable motions too . |
| 13 | The SNP refused to support the Government last night in spite of claims from government sources that the deal two weeks ago went beyond the single vote on the EC committee and that it covered timetable motions too . |
| 14 | In spite of claims by some delegates that a settlement was imminent , prices suffered a setback after a report that Nigeria would not accept a cut in its output of more than 50,000 barrels per day ( bpd ) , compared with the 75,000 bpd which it was reported previously to have offered . |
| 15 | In spite of complaints by leaders of trade unions many of their members bought up the shares . |
| 16 | In spite of complaints by business about the pound 's appreciation ( in May 1979 its effective exchange rate was 81.3 per cent and in January 1982 it was 92 per cent of its 1975 rate ) the government came to rely on a strong pound as part of its anti-inflation strategy . |
| 17 | There is still a long-term nature to many ulcers , and a high rate of recurrence , in spite of improvements in dressings , compression hosiery , nurse education , dissemination of knowledge and new products ; there continues to be a need for nursing research into the social and psychological implications of clients with leg ulceration . |
| 18 | In spite of improvements in treatment , average survival still hovers at around 20 years of age , and many of those affected have a severe clinical course requiring continuous therapy . |
| 19 | In spite of fears about the use of the hormone , the names of the farms taking part in the trials are kept secret , and their milk is fed into the public supply . |
| 20 | In spite of changes in name and act , he was never a success as a performer , but became increasingly interested in the business of promotion and management . |
| 21 | His struggles in London , in spite of letters of introduction , are recorded in two letters to his family . |
| 22 | SHOPPERS need have no fear walking under the glass roofs of shopping centres in spite of reports of shattered panes injuring bystanders , a spokesman for The Forge shopping centre said in Glasgow yesterday . |
| 23 | In spite of reports from July 20 onwards of truce violations on both sides , both the government and the FPR expressed optimism about the success of the peace negotiations . |
| 24 | On Oct. 25 France announced the suspension of aid , and the last French troops were withdrawn on Oct. 30 in spite of calls from the opposition for them to remain to prevent more killing . |
| 25 | However , in spite of remarks like these , Lakatos 's methodology is not capable of yielding advice for scientists , and Lakatos acknowledged this . |
| 26 | ABERDEEN fish processors are to go ahead with an export drive to France this week , in spite of attempts by French fishermen to block the import of supplies . |
| 27 | For example , the chairman of Welsh Water stated recently that , in spite of assurances from the Drinking Water Inspectorate concerning the safety of fluoridation plant designed according to the Department of Environment 's code of practice , his company would not continue fluoridation on Anglesey or extend fluoridation into the rest of Wales unless required to do so by the secretary of state . |
| 28 | The Home Secretary will not reopen the Birmingham Six pub bomb case in spite of pleas by leading churchmen . |
| 29 | The Home Secretary will not reopen the Birmingham Six pub bombings case in spite of pleas by the city 's leading churchmen . |
| 30 | But he said he could not consider calls for an open sheriff 's inquiry , in spite of pleas by the islands ' MP , Jim Wallace , Shetland Islands Council , and the petitioners . |