"despite being based on" is a grammatically correct phrase and can be used in written English.
It is typically used to indicate that something is true or happening in spite of a particular circumstance or condition. Example: Despite being based on a controversial topic, the novel received critical acclaim and became a bestseller.
The issue of the "immediate availability" of a physician, which the newest ACOG statement chose to retain, despite being based on Level C evidence (expert opinion), is perceived as one reason for the decline in VBAC in the United States [ 26].
Love, Rosie, despite being based on a bestseller by PS I Love You author Cecelia Ahern, delivered a poor £1.2m.
Equally unpersuasive, despite being based on a true story, is "The Bling Ring," the latest from Sofia Coppola.
Typically Luhrmann's Alexander will not be short on flamboyance, despite being based on the Italian historian Valerio Manfredi's trilogy of novels about the all-conquering hero.
Rocha's opening looks set the tone for a strong collection, which, despite being based on the designer's grannies, felt clean and cool.
Despite being based on a hit stage musical, Jersey Boys failed to generate much excitement, delivering £416,000 from 448 venues and a £928 average.
Producer Frank Van Passel criticised Belgian censors for giving the film a 16 certificate, despite it being based on a children's book.
The ICU reimbursement schemes differ greatly, despite usually being based on DRG models.
For the uninitiated, How to Deal is a Mandy Moore teen dramedy from 2003 that has some strange Shakespearean overtones to it, despite not being based on any specific work of Shakespeare.
If it begins to run low on energy toward the end, it's still a wonderfully imaginative film (despite supposedly being based on a true story), a sleeper for the end of a year that's been short on laugh-out-loud comedies.
These convergent messages, despite all being based on limited numbers and expressed cautiously, led many cardiologists to the unwarranted conclusion that beta-blockers were not protecting LQT3 patients.
