Example sentences of "[adv] despite this " in BNC.

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1 A prominent feature of secretory diarrhoea is that effective and normal bowel in , yo you ca , you can ignore this sign are almost indistinguishable , so despite this dramatic change in the physiology of the small bowel , borthalogically it actually looks quite normal .
2 The Company did very well despite this attitude to its imports ; in the 1660s it made a number of loans to the government , amounting altogether to £130,000 , and in the 1680s it regularly paid 10,000 guineas a year , which came to about 1 per cent of the King 's total revenue .
3 The consumer , being used to smooth thick conventional yoghurt , may reject Busses yoghurt because of those unfamiliar characteristics but Busses yoghurt continues to sell well despite this and it is encouraging to know that many consumers do recognise the quality of the product .
4 Unfortunately despite this success I feel compelled to write this letter of complaint about certain aspects which undermine the efforts of managers , coaches and boys from this country who gave their all in this tournament .
5 Yet despite this , many hoteliers are reluctant to invest in sufficient training for their staff . ’
6 Yet despite this unanimous view , the peasants of the Central Agricultural Region were completely incapable of uniting amongst themselves or of taking any joint action .
7 Yet despite this trend away from leaving sole jurisdiction with administrative tribunals , the Interception of Communications Act 1985 not only contains an exclusion clause to prevent review of the decisions of the Tribunal , but it contains one of unprecedented scope .
8 Yet despite this decision — always regarded as a classic illustration of the common-law presumption in favour of freedom of assembly — the law has developed to the point where we can say with reasonable assurance that the residue of which Dicey was so proud has narrowed to the point of extinction .
9 Yet despite this he is created in a relationship of accountability to God and the sphere of his accountability includes the economic .
10 He was a forthright , critical man whose tongue could be both sharp and blunt , yet despite this his respect for the person rebuked gave a relationship authority and security whatever the situation .
11 Yet despite this capacity to learn , the behavioural repertoire of chimpanzees is rudimentary and limited compared to people .
12 Yet despite this being his long-term plan , he still thought of England as ‘ home ’ , of Alice and the Pritchetts as his ‘ family ’ , of Aubrey as his best friend .
13 They had absolutely nothing to do with herself , yet despite this fact she felt deeply interested in them .
14 Yet despite this , relatively little is known of its pathogenesis in the vast majority of sporadic cases .
15 Yet despite this there has mostly in practice been little depth , little more than discussion of opinions with regard to these ultimate questions — what one disillusioned teacher called " mutual exchange of ignorance " .
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