Example sentences of "[adv] that despite " in BNC.
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| 1 | He liked marriage so much that despite all the difficulties of his first attempt , when he met you he decided to try it again . |
| 2 | the wage system is fundamental to capitalist society , so that despite all the disadvantages of wage work , the way forward must be through furthering the process of proletarianisation of women and rescuing women from preproletarian dependence . |
| 3 | He turned slightly in the seat , the light from a street-lamp gilding the carved tanned planes of his face , turning the thickness of his hair to midnight silk , so that despite herself Fran felt a tiny ripple of appreciation for his male beauty . |
| 4 | Cambridge ink-jet printer maker Domino Printing Sciences Plc told the annual meeting yesterday that despite the strong finish to 1992 , first quarter trading has been below expectations and this was bound to affect interim results : in particular , sales in the US were unexpectedly slow during the first three months coinciding with the change of administration , it said . |
| 5 | She said yesterday that despite the loss of the form with their new address on it , there were no security measures on the house . |
| 6 | There is no doubt either that despite the fact that wartime needs generally produced a slight upward trend in money wages , the usual earnings of rural labourers in the South and East , especially when periods of unemployment are taken into account , fell short of need . |
| 7 | It proved yet again that despite the Di ‘ love tapes ’ controversy the Princess is still the jewel in the Royal crown . |
| 8 | It is remarkable therefore that despite these two biases we still found a twofold difference . |