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But fewer than 300 refugees have been resettled under the plan, despite ambitions of finding 160,000 a new home.

The UK's deficit with the rest of the world has ballooned to its worst for 24 years despite ambitions to rebalance the economy towards exports, official figures revealed on Friday.

Despite ambitions to implement change, ineffective management support continued to hamper modernisation of service organisation and delivery.

10 12 14 Despite ambitions to prepare guidance on the development of COS, there is limited standardised instruction in the literature regarding methodological approaches.

Like his opposite number, Rowett was content with his lot despite loftier ambitions.

But despite her ambitions, Natalie is still young and flexibility in her finances is important for a young family.

The king, despite his ambitions, possessed neither the resources nor the administrative machinery to maintain a large army.

Ms Megawati was obliged to choose Jokowi as the party's presidential candidate because of his obvious popularity, despite presidential ambitions of her own.

Mr Clegg, whose leadership is secure despite the ambitions of Mr Farron and Mr Huhne, is keen to differentiate but loth to destroy.

Despite such ambitions, several former Russia Today journalists said that working for a channel financed by the Kremlin made it difficult to cover news about Russia impartially.

It's worth pointing out that Erika isn't a great virtuoso - despite her ambitions, she just plays in bourgeois salons.' Haneke built his film around Huppert.