Sentence examples for despite dire from inspiring English sources

Despite dire recent trading, Rank continues to attract takeover speculation.

The crash didn't lead to a new Depression, despite dire predictions.

Despite dire warnings over budget cuts and staff shortages, there has been no winter crisis.

Despite dire warnings of bloodshed if the talks collapsed, there has been almost no violence.

Despite dire predictions to the contrary, that software migration has not killed the mainframe.

But despite dire projections in the economic downturn, the N.H.L. has had a slight rise in revenue.

And despite dire warnings from some business groups, we now know that these programs don't hurt the bottom line.

They got one here, before a jury that, despite dire predictions, is diverse enough to please even the Diallo family.

Despite dire financial straits, city officials have pledged to match $1.4 million in private donations to finance the program.

Even so, the affair was a serious breach of Hong Kong's commercial autonomy.Such incidents, despite dire warnings, have not so far done any fundamental damage to Hong Kong.

The film was anyway shown in Westminster despite dire predictions that as many as 10,000 Muslims would turn out in protest.