This is despite the fact that we pay far more tax on our bottle than the average tippler on the continent. |
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Hanging on to the vine was hard on the hands and often produced blisters, despite the fact that our hands were well hardened with farm work. |
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Neither party has confirmed that talks have begun on a possible offer, despite the fact that the discussions are now an open secret. |
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I guess I couldn't stay mad at her, despite the fact that she almost gave me a heart attack. |
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All truth be told, despite the fact that we may quarrel about the hardships about living here in Jamaica, I know that I could be far worse off. |
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This would be seen as treachery despite the fact that it could be a key step in the revitalisation of the economy on both sides. |
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And despite the fact that Captchas are unpopular with some people, their use is increasing. |
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This explains why, in a closed system, 2 gases will always mix despite the fact that no heat may be exchanged. |
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He led all the way and it was a great race, despite the fact that it had to be run on the Monday. |
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This is despite the fact that cinema owners are notorious for charging at least Rs.10 extra on the ticket price. |
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This is despite the fact that the actual number of poor children has fallen. |
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And despite the fact that he doesn't know me from Adam, he is prepared to trust me with all that money. |
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At this time, the Air Ministry was not keen on a monoplane despite the fact that a monoplane had established a world speed record of 423 mph. |
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The real problem is I don't want to be a blinking teacher at all, despite the fact that I like the children. |
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We thought we were raggle-taggle gypsies one and all, despite the fact that we were actually middle-class A-level students. |
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This is despite the fact that Bridgestone is obliged to supply Minardi with tyres under F1 rules. |
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Luke was a brilliant student despite the fact that he was a notorious slacker. |
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His play was considered political dynamite despite the fact that the setting is quite general. |
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I must also take notice of her deep understanding of Middle Eastern affairs, despite the fact that she has never lived there. |
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Faculties also seemed to be unhelpful despite the fact that they have a certain level of autonomy in examination procedure. |
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This view has taken hold even despite the fact that the real dynamic of progress is currently unremarkable. |
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This despite the fact that he has been nothing but unsurpassably eloquent and consistent in his views and his opposition to the White House. |
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This is despite the fact that even today a district collector wields enormous power. |
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Although Fingal barely had steerage way and despite the fact that she quickly reversed her engines, she collided with the dark sailing ship. |
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Portugheis projected a rich sonority despite the fact that the keyboard was evidently bathed in sweat. |
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Playing the dumb blonde became her forte despite the fact that her articulate astute mind contained much more. |
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Only now that chest had broadened and seemed so distant despite the fact that it was within touching distance. |
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These changes have occurred despite the fact that student enrollments in colleges and universities are at an all-time high. |
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The Herald favoured returning Niue to direct New Zealand rule, despite the fact that most Niueans adamantly opposed this. |
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If you ever see a man having his hair combed by his mother or his face wiped with a hanky, despite the fact that he's 38, that's Cancer man. |
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He had become a very skilled hunter, trapper, and woodsman, despite the fact that he was beginning to live in a more and more modern world. |
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This is true, he says, despite the fact that almost one in three marriages eventually ends in divorce. |
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But despite the fact that the missions make up a comprehensive story line, the game is entirely non-linear. |
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For certain, this match against Scotland is not a pushover despite the fact that they have yet to win a match in the tournament. |
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She first heads over to Rena, who embraces her warmly despite the fact that she just saw her only a few hours ago. |
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I get on pretty well with all the sprinters, despite the fact that we go head to head with each other on a day-to-day basis. |
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I put my bed together myself despite the fact that my room was so crammed full of boxes that I kept trapping myself in corners and crannies. |
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I stay with them through apathy and laziness, despite the fact that I could find a cheaper partner elsewhere. |
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When they applied for much needed funding for sporting facilities they were shot down despite the fact that they are deserving cases. |
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The chief feature of the plan is its lucidity, despite the fact that the building had to be fitted into a highly restricted site. |
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This was despite the fact that all nine suspects were under constant surveillance. |
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And this despite the fact that yet another of the bombs was at the end of the road on which we work. |
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This is despite the fact that we know she is a sharp woman who reads all the papers every day. |
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All this despite the fact that Scotland is one of the least populous nations in Europe. |
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It is shown to illustrate how a useful lens can be built using the aplanatic point of a sphere despite the fact that it lies within the glass. |
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Ted rose early the next morning and took a taxi to the Museo Nazionale, cool, echoey, empty of tourists despite the fact that it was summer. |
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It made me feel rather lonely, despite the fact that I was living with Scott. |
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I crave intellectual respectability despite the fact that I am an inveterate gossip with a hankering for the naughty. |
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This is despite the fact that Devizes is the only town in the county to have no relief routes around its town centre. |
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Anyway, full marks for a plucky young lady, who braved this despite the fact that the water was very cold. |
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At ten o'clock, despite the fact that the police were present to control any undue rowdyism, the gates were closed. |
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Some students chose to continue with their placement despite the fact that CECS cancelled the credit for it. |
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He understands only empirical, inductive psychology, despite the fact that it contains phenomenological truths. |
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Many are ignorant concerning what evidence will satisfy the quest for assurance, despite the fact that it is clear in Scripture. |
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And despite the fact that even that number is obviously a lowball figure, he refuses to speculate further. |
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It's a funny thing, but despite the fact that science fiction and fantasy are my genre fiction of choice, I never liked Lord of the Rings. |
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Being one of the king's personal guests had given them a special status despite the fact that their identities had yet to be given. |
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But despite the fact that he was an ordained clergyman of the Church of England, parish churches began to close their doors against him. |
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But he made no mention of a cabinet shuffle, despite the fact that rumours are swirling around Nassau about such a move. |
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Even the sanitary fittings are imported, despite the fact that Shanks of Barrhead are world-renowned suppliers of sanitaryware. |
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I responded evenly, despite the fact that I was beginning to boil with anger at the thought. |
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Pursuant to that order the defendants taxed their costs and applied for payment, despite the fact that the action had not been determined. |
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And despite the fact that what they were doing was technically illegal, no one seemed to mind. |
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The city entered into a partnership with the company, despite the fact that it tendered the lowest bid. |
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And it's great despite the fact that much of it is, if you'll excuse my belletrism, kind of sucky. |
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This is despite the fact that Miramax, as a whole, has 15 nominations overall, for the third year in a row. |
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She insists there is a common thread running through the show, despite the fact that it features work and artists that refuse to be pigeonholed. |
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This is an enormously complex work, despite the fact that it is only the size of a pocket handkerchief. |
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He said he has not seen the youngster for 18 months, despite the fact that he is desperate to introduce the nine-year-old boy to his new stepmum. |
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And despite the fact that I've been almost exclusively mendacious since my late teens, it's not rained on me once. |
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Eleven-year-old daughter Holly might be the chief taster, but it is Jackie who knows her chocolates inside out despite the fact that she rarely eats them herself. |
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One of the lads began beating the horses on their quarters with a riding crop to get them into the water, despite the fact that both horses were terrified. |
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It tends to reduce him to the status of a scurrilous railer, despite the fact that some of Jonson's most graceful and humane verses are based closely upon that poet's work. |
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This girl was of a proud and arrogant nature and completely ignored him despite the fact that he met her as often as he could in the society circle in which they moved. |
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And despite the fact that there are lots of chuckles in The Ladykillers, there is nothing new or hilarious enough to inspire a knee-slapping good time. |
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Broh was blamed for the demolitions, despite the fact that the Ministry of Public Works also played a key role. |
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Ms King said staff were continuing to pay union costs out of their own pockets, despite the fact that they have not been reimbursed for such expenses since last February. |
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But names such as The Devils, The Angels, or The Saints would have been accepted despite the fact that they are heavily laden with religious connections. |
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He had a royal air about him despite the fact that his weight seemed placed entirely on his yellow pine staff and his clothes were in the worst state of the three. |
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It reaffirms my belief that the gay mainstream has no interest in the reality of the transsexual experience, despite the fact that many transsexuals have come from your ranks. |
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I am writing this as I sit in my office, having just completed a call on my wireless phone, despite the fact that two landline phones are within arm's reach. |
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David noticed that square holes had been cut in the hull to allow oarsmen to row the ship despite the fact that it possessed a single mast with a sail. |
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It is also possible that science continues to produce technology despite the fact that results are often faked, data is invented and peer review is merely a rubber stamp. |
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The police clearly have orders to break up even the smallest gathering despite the fact that freedom of expression and assembly are constitutionally guaranteed. |
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The ICC made its decision despite the fact that Libya did not allow us a single visit to senussi. |
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The FDA further recommended that the use of talc or lycopodium be banned, despite the fact that these substances already have been out of favor for several decades. |
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Moreover, the Red Sox pitchers managed to do this despite the fact that the team took the field under the apparent instruction of Doctors Howard, Fine, and Howard. |
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I have to admit that Slovenia lost marks in my book for its food, despite the fact that it was much cheaper than in neighbouring Italy or Austria. |
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There's also an old scullery maid who, despite the fact that she's been complicit in the dirty deeds, is still concerned for the well-being of everyone around her. |
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If I create a trust to dispose of all of my rights and interests, and I settle them on trustees, that is a trust despite the fact that it is not spelt out. |
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After all, Las Vegas thrives despite the fact that everyone knows that the house always wins. |
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The supporting card provided top class entertainment despite the fact that there was some controversy regarding the opening of the traps for the fifth race. |
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This despite the fact that her comments were uncontroversial, unsurprising, and largely uninteresting. |
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Most of us pay little attention to the ingredients listed on our moisturiser or shower gel, despite the fact that we spend 5 billion a year on health and beauty products. |
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The position of women had remained unchanged for centuries and the time of the Tudors saw little, if any, improvement despite the fact that 1485 to 1603 saw 2 queens. |
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Uno currently bans students from smoking in their own cars on campus, despite the fact that it has no legal grounds to do so. |
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People in their early 20s are particularly lazy, despite the fact that the question about sport included the physically unchallenging options of snooker, pool and billiards. |
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And yet, despite the fact that Californian winters differed dramatically from those snowy months in Winnipeg, he still felt cold, unfeeling, uncaring. |
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They sport the most sinful bodies, the least tainted minds and are quite generally unstudiedly natural, despite the fact that they could easily pass for super-models. |
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A necropsy described the larger bear as a thousand-pound, 28-year-old male, reasonably healthy despite the fact that, like many older grizzlies, it had broken teeth. |
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It's yet another great pop song, despite the fact that the sound of a soprano sax gets me sawing off my shotguns and studying my Catcher in the Rye every time. |
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Then he's off again, nippily leading the way to his orchard so that he can show off his apple trees, despite the fact that he has an arthritic knee. |
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About 50,000 children in England bunk off school each day, despite the fact that millions of pounds have been spent on initiatives including town-centre truancy sweeps. |
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He didn't like Clayton very much either, despite the fact that they were bunkmates, but Kyle was more tolerant than I was so I was the one who had to hate him. |
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Anastagio picked up a button mushroom and threw it at his son, hitting him on the nose, smiling even as he did it despite the fact that the gesture was a warning. |
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This kind of usage, common in journalism, is perfectly acceptable, despite the fact that inter-sentential cataphora is often ignored by grammarians. |
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Thankfully, none of them were injured, despite the fact that several of them had crossed cattle guards and been very close to numerous barbed wire fences. |
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A lot of green organisations have adopted recycling as their hobby horse despite the fact that many people have suggested that recycling involves a lot of energy to effect. |
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Frankenthaler has returned to prints at many stages in her career, despite the fact that prints would seem to be the medium least sympathetic to her painterly style. |
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So despite the fact that the commercial is quite clearly a pastiche of Bruce Lee movie scenes and video game cliches, it has been branded as insulting. |
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Hare coursing is also caught up in the legislation, despite the fact that the proponents could not, when questioned, tell the difference between hares and rabbits. |
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Today, yet another election passes by and I am denied franchise yet again, despite the fact that I am a citizen, resident and investor in Trinidad and Tobago. |
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Behind him a few officers made an obviously conscious effort to look busy at their stations despite the fact that their ship was prepped and ready to go. |
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But despite the fact that Edmonton is ground zero for important gains to gay rights in the province, gay pride is still a political hot potato around city hall. |
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Maggie and Rose Feller are best friends despite the fact that Maggie is a deadbeat with no real job or home and Rose is a high-powered successful attorney. |
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This is despite the fact that no account has been taken of the potentially depressing impact on economic activity and revenue buoyancy of their tax raising proposals. |
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Night was quickly descending, and despite the fact that the teens had slept late into the day, their actions since awakening had tired them out considerably. |
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The visitors recognized the wood as gopherwood, despite the fact that the wood was ancient and apparently painted, and despite the fact that nobody knows what gopherwood is. |
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Police officers pursuing the car stopped to help their victim, but despite the fact that he was no longer being pursued, the Peugeot driver went on to hit a second student. |
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However, despite the fact that what happened was in the best interests of the spectators, it does not disguise the fact that this England team is running on empty. |
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It was another of those decisions that are made without me, despite the fact that I will be expected to share in the donkey work and generally help deal with things. |
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The dead may not be able to harass you with writs, but are you entitled to portray them as double-dyed villains, despite the fact that they can't hire a lawyer? |
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Surgical tubal ligation has become the most common form of birth control worldwide, despite the fact that it is invasive and costly. |
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Under the old law, all tests were done on stick shifts, despite the fact that most Lebanese now drive automatics. |
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This, despite the fact that there was no evidence that the tractor-trailers had ever served such a sinister purpose. |
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His Dartmoor cycle of 18 novels and two volumes of short stories still has many avid readers despite the fact that many titles are out of print. |
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The 3 out of 9 proportion persists despite the fact that only 24 percent of Canada's population resides in Quebec. |
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Meanwhile, Edward VI, despite the fact that he was only a child of nine, had his mind set on religious reform. |
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Williams could have opted to continue with BMW engines in 2006, despite the fact that the engine manufacturer was about to set up its own team. |
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No cases have been successfully prosecuted under the antislavery law despite the fact that 'de facto' slavery exists in Mauritania. |
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Second, the high number of Luttig references comes despite the fact that his opinion is nothing but exhortative obiter dicta. |
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In consequence, it is apparent that contemporaries regarded the incomers as English, despite the fact that they weren't exactly as such. |
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Cannon seems to believe in the efficacity of this remedy, despite the fact that Thomas's infirmity continued throughout his life. |
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They realise that there are things that are true despite the fact that they can not be seen or understood. |
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The French declared war on Burgundy, despite the fact that Charles was initially unwilling to help Edward. |
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In 1305 he fell into the hands of the English, who executed him for treason despite the fact that he owed no allegiance to England. |
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This is despite the fact that Portugal remains one of the countries with the lowest per capita GDP in Western Europe. |
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Icelandic has imported fewer English words than the other North Germanic languages, despite the fact that it is the country that uses English most. |
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After the death of Edward IV, his brother Richard, Duke of Gloucester, asserted his right to the crown despite the fact that Edward had two male heirs. |
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Pelicans have been persecuted by humans for their perceived competition for fish, despite the fact that their diet overlaps little with fish caught by people. |
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When entanglement prevention efforts fail, disentanglement efforts occasionally succeed, despite the fact that such efforts are more frequently impossible or unsuccessful. |
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Barrie became a regular visitor at the Davies household and a common companion to Sylvia and her boys, despite the fact that both he and she were married to other people. |
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He survived the political upheavals caused by the Lords Appellants, despite the fact that Chaucer knew some of the men executed over the affair quite well. |
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Furthermore, despite the fact that at its height, the British fielded some 56,000 men in the colonies exclusive of mercenaries and militia, they lacked sufficient numbers. |
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The Norman settlers felt no community with the earlier Danish settlers, despite the fact that the Normans were themselves partly descendants of the Danish Vikings. |
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A switch to Goodyear tyres in 1984 enabled Elio de Angelis to finish third in the World Championship, despite the fact that the Italian did not win a race. |
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In his work, Glaser suggests that despite the fact that single words cannot be called phraseological units, they can, to certain extent, be idiomatic. |
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He said that despite the fact that they have no right to uplink their channel from Pakistan, they clandestinely started unlinking the same from Karachi, and this was illegal. |
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Of the three Flavian emperors, Domitian would rule the longest, despite the fact that his youth and early career were largely spent in the shadow of his older brother. |
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This was despite the fact that chariot racing was often dangerous to both driver and horse as they frequently suffered serious injury and even death. |
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