Sentence examples for despite being barred from inspiring English sources

And keep in mind, he did all this despite being barred from the team's facility during the lockout.

Banned Uefa president Michel Platini could face further investigation from Fifa's ethics committee after attending an awards ceremony and conference in Dubai despite being barred from "all football activity".

Officials who hold positions of power despite being barred from holding office should face up to 10 years in jail for violating a new criminal offence banning the practice, it recommended.

With Ukraine still in the doghouse over the jailing of Yulia Tymoshenko, the former prime minister (who heads the opposition's list of candidates despite being barred), further evidence of foul play in these polls could lead to visa bans and asset freezes for Mr Yanukovych's associates.

Despite being barred from Google Play, AdBlock Plus can still be directly downloaded by Android users, via its website.

Just as the council's Syria commission was devastatingly credible in its report, despite being barred from on-site visits, the settlements inquiry can be credible despite Netanyahu's obstruction.

I hope to learn more about the two medieval poet-saints it portrays: the low-caste Janabai, who fearlessly enters Vishnu's temple despite its being barred to her, and the naked Lal Ded, whose only protection, as she praises Shiva, is her long black hair.

Others show ads for alcohol and gambling, despite those being barred by Google's Ad Policy.

Liverpool's response was that the player was not for sale — despite his public show of disloyalty, and despite Suárez's being barred at the time from playing for anyone after he bit the shoulder of an opponent, Chelsea's Bransilav Ivanovic, late last season.

It could be boxing -- officials in Texas approved a license for Antonio Margarito to fight Manny Pacquiao, despite Margarito's being barred in California for using illegal knuckle pads, which Kevin Iole of Yahoo.com argues is a boxing sin that should not be forgiven.

Four key American and British witnesses who were present at the scene -- members of the International Solidarity Movement -- will be allowed into Israel to testify, despite having been barred previously by the Israeli authorities from entering the country.