Sentence examples for despite agreement from inspiring English sources

Despite agreement at the majors, and equal prize money at 10 other events that feature men and women, critics remain.

Most countries' plans do not look beyond 2030 – despite agreement in Paris to begin phasing out greenhouse gas emissions completely by the middle of the century.

The price of crude oil set a new high, despite agreement among the 11 members of OPEC to raise production by 500,000 barrels per day.

But despite agreement on a deal to cut emissions previously being expected by 2013, rich countries are now understood to be pushing for a deal to be agreed no earlier than 2015 or 2016, to come into force by 2020.

Prescott resigned from the privy council earlier this month in protest against the decision to consider the press proposal despite agreement by all three main parties in March to implement a rival royal charter backed by Hacked Off.

Israeli editorialists and many politicians, including from his own party, expressed outrage over what they called his amateurish and even crude behavior in this case, despite agreement by many of them that Turkey needed to be told of Israel's displeasure.

[C1.] The World Health Organization says that despite agreements made earlier, many countries are still not promptly sharing information on avian influenza with the scientific community.

That is why the pending Penn National Gaming and Huntsman/Hexion transactions are still trading at significant discounts to their premiums, despite agreements favorable to them.

From a reporting standpoint, this is a more honest approach compared with reactions to previous cases, when not only China, but also other countries lied, despite agreements to share such information.

The United Nations' refugee agency, UNHCR, condemned governments that were "not working together, despite agreements", while Human Rights Watch was scathing of the EU's "utter failure to respond collectively and compassionately".

The UNHCR said the continent stood "on the cusp of a largely self-induced humanitarian crisis", with governments "not working together despite agreements … and country after country imposing new border restrictions".