Sentence examples for despite being direct from inspiring English sources

The cities lie only about 40 miles apart but the service is notoriously slow - between 54 minutes and one hour, 36 minutes despite being direct.

Make no mistake, this is not a Bourne movie, despite being directed by long-time series writer Tony Gilroy.

And despite being directed by Bruno Dumont, whose name is synonymous with the spiritual ills of the cinematic flesh, "Li'l Quinquin" is, in large measure, a comedy — albeit one that doesn't stint on physical and moral degradation.

And despite being directed by Bruno Dumont, whose name is synonymous with the spiritual ills of the cinematic flesh, "Li'l Quinquin" is, in large measure, a comedy albeit one that doesn't stint on physical and moral degradation.

Despite being directed by Gavin Hood, who cut his teeth on edgy fare like Tsotsi and Rendition, this is plodding comic-book stodge all the way, with surprisingly little sense of character development or narrative invention.

The show was then called "Wise Guys" (before that it had been called "Gold!"), and despite being directed by Sam Mendes and starring Nathan Lane and Victor Garber as the Mizners, it didn't impress anyone.

Most impressive of all, despite being directed by Mighty Boosh star Rich Fulcher, Shore will perform the Harold alone – the first person ever to do so professionally in Canada, and the only person ever to do it in the UK.

"The singer did not make arrangements with the mosque's management prior to her visit and had used an entrance that is not intended for visitors … Despite being directed to enter through the visitors' entrance to take a standard tour of the mosque, the singer stayed outside to take some photos.

But of course, the TSA said he was breaking all sorts of laws by leaving the security area (despite being directed away by security officials), and he now faces an $11,000 fine.

"Despite being directed to enter through the visitors' entrance to take a standard tour of the mosque, the singer stayed outside to take some photos.

Despite being directed by David Yates who also helmed the more serious and dark final four Harry Potter films and with its screenplay written by J. K. Rowling herself, Fantastic Beasts offers none of the familiar narrative arcs.