This was despite the fact that during World War I the forts had proved ineffective despite strong support from artillery and infantry.

Despite the fact that it is prone to shattering, it is very strong structurally.

All this despite the fact that people continued to shoot at them from the rooftop!

In fact, despite her promotion, the judge continued to preside over another case in the same building.

Despite the fact that the final provision of the Bonn Agreement has been implemented, many challenges remain in Afghanistan.

This was done on a large scale, despite the fact that all of the parties involved were sophisticated investors.

In fact, despite its good intentions, providing anonymity in sex crime cases is extremely harmful to women.

Despite the fact that the job involves high health risks, there is no compensation plan in place for the workers.

Nevertheless, despite progress in conflict settlement, we must remain aware of the fact that the situations, generally speaking, remain fragile.

Despite much hue and cry about it, governments have in fact imposed remarkably few trade barriers on imports.

Despite the fact that peace is the central concept of the United Nations Charter, it is practically ignored in the report.

In fact, despite the two nations' seemingly radical differences, they share a similar habit of confusing poverty with something else.

Female condoms are even less readily available, despite the fact that they allow women more control over their sexual relations.

Marciel s statement sparked angry online comments in Myanmar despite the fact the word Rohingya was not mentioned by the US envoy.

For example, the Serb volunteer army earned its income from looting, despite the fact that it had some vague, higher objectives.

In most situations, the result would be the same as under the Model Law despite the fact that the criterion was different.

And, anyway, despite the fact that they were far superior in adherence, and the quality of their tomato paste, Prego was struggling.

Despite the fact that the family is facing tremendous pressures and is undergoing significant changes, it is essential for facilitating social inclusion.

Despite the fact that this is the most complex and diverse system in the universe, there's an extraordinary simplicity being expressed by this.

Many just resolutions have been vetoed despite the fact that they have sought the common good, and we have seen the negative results.

Despite this fact, it is common for the poorest and the marginalized groups to get left out of critical fora of public discussion .

This is despite the fact that the uprising led to a unique and controversial transition process, known as the the National Dialogue Conference (NDC).

They eventually decided not unanimously by any means not to include his real name, despite the fact that nearly all media reports did.

For many years now, Aruba has had no problems with educational participation, despite the fact that it does not yet have compulsory education.

All this happens despite the fact that we know how to prevent and treat malaria, and we know how to do it cheaply.

We now are treating 325 people a month, despite the fact that almost 100 percent of the AIDS patients are now treated at home.

Now the important thing about all of these people is they share certain characteristics despite the fact that they come from very different environments.

Part of the reason for their popularity is the fact that, despite their private sector origins, each model considers more than bottom line results.

Despite scarce resources, the Government's commitment to improving the prison situation was clear from the fact that two new prison facilities were currently near completion.

She was building her house, with her husband, and helping him run their everyday life, despite the fact that she was illiterate and uneducated.

Despite the fact that most leading East Asian policymakers were trained in American universities, none were seduced by Reagan s belief that government is the problem.

This is unpalatable to the Bush administration, which has helped keep Musharraf in power, despite the fact that 75 of Pakistanis want him to resign.

The fact that the rate of child marriage is still high despite these other achievements is unfortunate, and a question that needs to be answered.

This reflects the fact that despite a considerable reduction of tariffs and quotas the growth of exports from developing to developed countries has been limited.

Furthermore, these local courts would judge UN listings based on criminal standards of evidence, despite the fact that the List is not a criminal list.

It is written, spoken and used in all provinces territories of Pakistan despite the fact that the people from differing provinces may have different indigenous languages, as from the fact that it is the base language of the country.

In the end Santa chooses Humberto despite the fact that people think he is evil (she knows he has been the good guy the entire time).

The Indian Supreme Court had upheld his sentence, despite the fact that the Juvenile Justice Act prohibits imposition of the death sentence on persons under 16.

In the same way, biology cannot be fully reduced to chemistry despite the fact that the machinery that is responsible for life is composed of molecules.

On 8 September, thousands gathered in Tehran's Jaleh Square for a religious demonstration, despite the fact that the government had declared martial law the day before.

In fact, they have no legislative status in Ireland whatsoever, despite our importance for the species and also the historical context within which basking sharks reside.

I spent several weeks during that three month period listening to friends defend the loss of freedom on the basis that it made them feel safe this despite the fact that the SoE in fact did little to curb crime.

Despite the fact that the practice was banned by the Israeli High Court in 2005, it continued during the 2008 2009 war in Gaza (Operation Cast Lead).

In fact, despite a commitment to launch formal negotiations to establish the bank, disagreements about the size and shares of the bank s capital have not been resolved.

The delegation of Peru stated that, despite the fact that the organization was doing excellent work, it allowed one of its representatives to commit a serious mistake.