Sentence examples for despite being refused from inspiring English sources

"She made her way independently to nurse soldiers in the Crimean war, despite being refused passage by the government.

Despite being refused a visa to visit Azerbaijan three times, Mr Straesser wrote a monitoring report on the situation of political prisoners in Azerbaijan, which PACE debated on January 23rd.

They would then begin a "unity march" towards the conference centre in the south of the city, despite being refused a legal permit by city hall officials who cited "traffic complications".

Although she had no formal training in the law and despite being refused admission to the law schools of National University and Columbian College (now George Washington University), Mussey obtained special consideration and was allowed to qualify for the bar by oral examination, which she passed in March 1893.

The Behavioural Insight team, or "nudge" unit, which was created by David Cameron in 2010 to help people "make better choices", has been accused by the Ohio-based VIA Institute on Character of bad practice after civil servants used VIA's personality tests in pilot experiments in Essex despite being refused permission to do so.

Despite being refused entry to the Football League's First Division at the start of the 1892 93 season, they were invited to play in their new Second Division.

He doesn't even think he has offended, despite being found guilty and being refused an appeal.

Again in 1931 Kenyatta's testimony on the issue of closer union of the three colonies was refused, despite the help of liberals in the House of Commons.

However, Conteh is still an offender, so his appeal against deportation was refused, despite his probation officer's views that he is a low risk to the public.

Despite daily requests, we were refused access to cities such as Homs and Hama whose residents were posting videos on YouTube showing tanks firing at random into civilian areas.

Of late, mostly during Hodge's tenure as minister, but also under her Tory successors John Penrose and Ed Vaizey, several buildings were refused despite English Heritage's recommendation, ranging from the neo-Georgian of Slough town hall to the hi-tech of Redcar library.