Example sentences of "[coord] despite a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Treating him without his consent or despite a refusal of consent will constitute the civil wrong of trespass to the person and may constitute a crime . |
| 2 | Against many expectations , and despite a groundswell of popular support for Iraq in the Muslim world , the coalition has held together well . |
| 3 | His 28 goals were free tickets to every night-club in London and despite a quiet off-field life when he first moved to London , McAvennie finally succumbed to temptation and took his rightful place in the twilight zone . |
| 4 | In the event , and despite a last-minute change to the rear roll bar , as Eddie Dennis has said , Emerson 's calm won out . |
| 5 | But we do know love will out , and despite a script with the credibility of a Jewish pigfarm , everyone 's going to have a brainless Friday-evening time of it getting there . |
| 6 | The implications of being 4–0 down in an 11 match contest were telling , and despite a spirited display by Virginia Humphreys Davies in the opening contest on the second day , when she outlasted Lisa Albano to reduce the deficit , there was little anyone could do to delay the inevitable . |
| 7 | According to Dr Declan Murphy , project director in Washington , Rome has not forgotten this help and despite a certain weariness engendered by the numerous calls for loans of 1492 material received last year , it cooperated enthusiastically with Washington over the exhibition ( which is to mark the reopening of the Great Hall of the Library of Congress after a three-year renovation ) . |
| 8 | Gaston I quarrelled with his mother , Margaret of Béarn ( d. 1319 ) and despite a reconciliation in September 1312 , a dispute then broke out over the custody and tutelage of his heir . |
| 9 | Similarly , social policy continued to emphasise the importance of motherhood and the family , even though women had begun to enter production industry in large numbers during the war , and despite a post-war increase in the numbers of married women doing paid work . |
| 10 | It was apparently difficult to see if Ruffini 's proof was complete and despite a further attempt by him at the problem , in 1813 , the credit for supplying the first generally accepted proof of impossibility goes to Abel ( pronounced " Arbel " ) in 1824 . |
| 11 | Although the former makes no mention of the latter , and despite a number of differences , the two share certain central assumptions . |
| 12 | 15 — 479 BC — whom there is no special reason to write off as an anachronism by the historian ) and the league was never dissolved in the fifth , despite the disgrace and demoralization caused by Theban medism in the Persian Wars , and despite a decade 's loss of independence to Athens , in Boiotia as a whole , between 457 and 446 . |
| 13 | I guessed what had happened , and despite a clear conscience began shaking in my boots . |
| 14 | Demonstrators have pledged themselves to fight alongside Iraq , and despite a ferocious 22-hour curfew imposed on them by Israel since January 17 , many Palestinians were so elated by Iraqi Scud attacks on Israel that they climbed onto their roof tops to cheer as the Iraqi missiles whizzed past . |
| 15 | Paris was first and despite a struggle to get off the ground , the company now has three operations bringing in some £200,000 a week . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | In a setback to the integration of monetary policy , and despite a realignment on Sept. 13 within the exchange rate mechanism ( ERM ) of the European Monetary System ( EMS ) , continuing currency speculation led to the suspension of participation in the ERM by sterling and the lira . |
| 18 | At the close of the seventeenth century , however , towns and villages in certain industrial regions started to grow , and despite a setback in the 1720s they continued to expand at an astonishing rate throughout each decade of the eighteenth century . |
| 19 | There was " the same old girl " under the dress , whether new or patched , and despite a " bath , perfume or lace " . |
| 20 | By way of illustration , he described the loneliness experienced by many recently separated couples , even when they have longed for the divorce , and despite a great deal of support from companions . |
| 21 | Lloyds was advertising its services as a small business adviser at the time , but the bank still lent them the money without any business plan and despite a survey report saying it was worth quite a lot less than the loan . |
| 22 | And despite a long campaign , it seems our fellow Europeans feel the same way . |
| 23 | And despite a price tag of over £26,000 , Rover say hundreds of orders have already been placed . |
| 24 | And despite a large membership , the club is appealing for new bowlers to join . |
| 25 | The Peace People now have a much lower profile than in the early days , and despite a flurry of newspaper articles at its 10-year anniversary in 1986 , it is still fairly anonymous . |
| 26 | But when it 's down mostly to wiggling around a stage in clattering heels there is no time for deep analysis of the psyche of folk who engage in such events and despite a doughty effort , director Ian Kellgren simply does not have enough suitable material to mesh this into any shape worthy of the tag theatre . |
| 27 | Despite this increased taxation , despite a rise in the proportion of incomes saved from 6 per cent to 11 per cent and despite a probable slight rise in the share of total incomes in the form of rent , dividends and interest and high self-employment earnings , consumption out of wages still constituted some 45 per cent of GDP in 1970 . |
| 28 | The trip was a total success , and despite a few hiccups in transit we were able to transport some 5O , OOO items to the main hospital in addition to taking supplies to the towns at Clut-Napoca and Milas . |
| 29 | The Hull man appeared to have the angles covered when Ferguson rocked back on his heels to accept Ian Potter 's pass , but despite a standing start and only inches in which to operate , Fergie whisked past on the outside . |
| 30 | But despite a guest appearance by Jack Nicholson , and the assistance of the ingenious Simenon ( a man so uninfatuated by Prince and all his works that he fell asleep during the Sign O The Times movie ) , does Cat have the creative wherewithal to make it as a solo act ? |