Sentence examples for despite expansion from inspiring English sources

By 1999, despite expansion to 30 teams, 1,204 hit-and-run plays were attempted.

• The N.H.L. has evolved into a niche attraction that, despite expansion, Wayne Gretzky and Sidney Crosby, lacks national oomph and attracts meager viewership.

The figures showed a 0.2 percent decline in industrial production last month, despite expansion in production in the automobile and technology sectors.

It opened 33 years ago as a clam shack and remains a rustic knotty pine kind of placey, despite expansion that includes a restaurant, a fish market, an open deck with umbrellas, a covered porch and a clam bar -- all determinedly nautical in decor.

So far, it has failed to make much of the acquisition, despite expansion into Europe.

Despite expansion and strong earnings the stock hasn't gone anywhere ever since everyone outside the upper Amazon Basin has lived in dread of a bursting of the housing bubble.

Despite expansions in public health insurance, many children remain uninsured or experience gaps in coverage.

Despite the expansion, the festival's audience remains largely Swiss.

HBOS shares closed 15.5p down at 960p despite the expansion.

Despite our expansion, we have had our ups and downs.

Despite that expansion in inventory, demand in China still outstrips supply.