He had managed to get the job despite already being struck off the nurses' register.
A fortnight ago my friend Zoe ran five kilometres for Cancer Research UK, despite already being undone with exhaustion from rallying round her mother who has terminal cancer.
The president argued that a "mix of human and systemic failures" allowed Mr Abdulmutallab to board the plane despite already being on the radar of US intelligence agencies.
Her rent was increased by $20 as soon as her fixed-term lease ended, despite already being more expensive than similar properties in the area.
It was at this point an officer warned me that those men, despite already being in the HSU, had been categorised as "exceptional risk" prisoners and were not allowed to mix with anyone except each other.
Only men who know how to handle a baby can be as relaxed as he was in feeding Elwen from a bottle, despite already being dressed for political action in a French blue shirt.
The N.C.A.A. has imposed its death penalty just five times, the last in 1987 when Southern Methodist was punished for paying players from a slush fund despite already being on two years' probation.
He played 34 of United's 57 games in his first season after joining from Bayern Munich, but he had passed his medical despite already being troubled by knee pain.
