Example sentences of "despite a long " in BNC.
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| 1 | Norwich , despite a long injury list , were a disappointment . |
| 2 | Despite a long day of rehearsals , and a long tiring performance , Gracie was the life of the party , and her homey Lancashire friendliness made everyone love her . |
| 3 | Despite a long tradition of education , there is still a lack of qualified teachers : in 1986 almost 400 teaching posts were not filled for lack of trained applicants . |
| 4 | And there he has obstinately been retained , despite a long run of failure unprecedented in my experience among specialist batsmen . |
| 5 | The red ooze continued , despite a long session of self-doctoring from the car boot , and when I finally drove away my finger was swathed in the biggest , clumsiest dressing I had ever seen . |
| 6 | Despite a long romantic attachment to George Bernard Shaw [ q.v. ] , in 1890 May married Henry Halliday Sparling , secretary and fellow member of the Socialist League , the son of a farmer at Thorp in Essex . |
| 7 | Despite having visited the country and despite a long interest in the area , even I was not fully aware of the complexities and the depth of feeling in the various component parts of Yugoslavia until I read the quite remarkable book that Chris Cviic wrote for the Royal Institute of International Affairs only a few months ago . |
| 8 | Despite a long history of hostility between the two organizations the tone of the seven-hour meeting was described as good-natured , while the joint peace strategy which emerged was seen as a positive development . |
| 9 | Despite a long building period , both interior and exterior are remarkably homogeneous ( 430 , 600 and 610 ) . |
| 10 | And despite a long campaign , it seems our fellow Europeans feel the same way . |