Sentence examples for despite drops from inspiring English sources

Nevertheless, technological advances have meant that, despite drops in total farm acreage and number of farms, production has increased.

New York's continuing crime declines have come despite drops in summonses and misdemeanor arrests -- key parts of the zero tolerance program -- and the budget cuts, which combined with attrition have reduced the force from its peak to about 38,000.

And full-ratchet antidilution provisions, which protect investors' ownership shares in percentage terms despite drops in share prices, fell from 18percentt of deals in the third quarter of 2004 to 5percentt in last year's fourth quarter.

Note too that the change in CV cannot alone account for improvement in clinical state with medication, as a minority of patients showed modest improvement despite drops in CV after treatment.

Dow Falls Below 11,000, Despite Drop in Oil Prices.

Despite dropping 16 of 28 games, the Yankees have gained a half-game.

He won the fourth set and, despite dropping a service game in the fifth, won that set, too.

Despite dropping two points, Madrid remained top and would go on to win La Liga that season.

And Mrs. Clinton's original Republican opponent, Mayor Rudolph W. Giuliani, spent $21 million, despite dropping out of the race in May.

But despite dropping deep and occasionally moving wide in search of space and possession, he saw little of the ball.

In 2014, Australia remained in the top 10 of the the Economist's "Democracy Index", despite dropping three places.